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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Rohit David

New Report Exposes OceanGate's Fatal Mistakes That Doomed Titan Sub and Its Passengers

TSB report details OceanGate Titan submersible engineering failures (Credit: Oceangate Expeditions Instagram Account)

A new report released by Canada's Transportation Safety Board on 17 June has exposed the critical engineering and oversight failures by OceanGate that doomed its Titan submersible and its five passengers.

The investigation into the June 2023 implosion concluded that the vessel's novel carbon fibre hull suffered progressive damage that went undetected and unaddressed, in part because the company operated without any meaningful regulatory oversight while diving in international waters off Newfoundland.

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