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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gene Johnson and Robert Jablon

Lawsuit: Company's insufficient testing of Titanic sub put passengers in 'potential extreme danger'

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Safety concerns about the Titanic submarine missing in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean with five people on board have been revealed in a number of scathing reports.

Before boarding submarines from OceanGate, the private company whose $250,000-a-seat expedition to the wreck of the Titanic has been missing since Sunday, travellers were warned in a contract that “it has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, disability, motion trauma, or death”.

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