Family of French explorer killed in Titan sub implosion seeks more than $50 million in lawsuit

File photo of debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, being unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's, Newfoundland, on June 28, 2023. © Paul Daly, AP

The family of French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who perished in the Titan submersible implosion, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50 million, alleging the crew faced "terror and mental anguish" before the disaster and accusing the sub's operator, OceanGate, of gross negligence. The suit claims the crew realised their fate before the vessel imploded during its ill-fated dive to the Titanic wreck site in June 2023.

The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew experienced “terror and mental anguish” before the disaster and accusing the sub’s operator of gross negligence.