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Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage, NTSB finds
The National Transportation Safety Board found multiple engineering flaws in the Titan's carbon fiber pressure vessel that led to its implosion and instant deaths of all five aboard.
- The NTSB found that faulty engineering led to the implosion of the Titan submersible headed to the Titanic wreckage.
- The report stated that OceanGate failed to adequately test the Titan and was unaware of its true durability.
- The NTSB recommended that the Coast Guard study submersibles and implement regulations informed by that study.
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'Titan' Sub Implosion Caused by 'Inadequate' Engineering, Says NTSB's Final Report Into Disaster
All five people on board were killed in the June 2023 tragedy US Coast Guard/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock The 'Titan' sub is found on the ocean floor on June 22, 2023NEED TO KNOWOver two years after the Titan tragedy killed all five people on board, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on the disasterThe agency says faulty engineering led to the implosion of the submersible as it headed to the wreck of th…
The Titanic disaster, which sank in the Atlantic in June 2023, was caused by engineering errors and inadequate testing, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found in a report. The OceanGate submarine imploded en route to the Titanic wreck, killing all five people on board.
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