Titan Submersible Disaster
Discussions center on the OceanGate Titan submersible implosion during a Titanic wreck expedition, including safety concerns, investigations, and links to articles, with comparisons to historical maritime disasters like the Titanic, Costa Concordia, and others.
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Clickbait headline. Real one is "Maritime Mystery: Why a U.S. Destroyer Failed to Dodge a Cargo Ship" emphasis mine
Uh, the Titanic ran into an gigantic piece of ice which caused it to sink, the previous quote is the context for that.This submarine likely decompressed, killing the CEO and I believe 3 rich tourists because they didn't believe they needed to check the health of their submersible, firing the people that raised security concerns.I think it's safe to say that both captains were full of hubris
https://fortune.com/2023/06/21/titan-titanic-missing-sub-dav...
https://www.businessinsider.com/oceangate-2020-boasted-incre...
The video is not available for me on Youtube. Alternative working link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titanic-visiting-the-most-famou...
From (2007) and the linked PDF contains more detailsA news story about the incident: https://web.archive.org/web/20120415222940/http://maritimeac...
Discussed several times here:* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23886501* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11931747Also articles on shipwrecks, e.g.:* https://news.ycombinato
David Pogue observed them visiting the Titanic.https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/david-pogue-misinforma...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordiaor if you're of a different age:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic
Related:Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigationhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41562774