US report blames the sub’s flawed design for the deep-sea tragedy.

Titan submersible – (Special Correspondent / Web Desk) – A US safety agency says the Titan submersible’s disastrous implosion was due to major engineering mistakes and not enough testing. The vessel was on a mission to visit the Titanic wreck in 2023.

This new report follows an earlier investigation that called the tragedy “preventable.” It listed many problems with how the company, OceanGate, operated and built its sub.

The investigation found that the company’s process for building the Titan was flawed. The main passenger compartment, made from a carbon fibre tube, had weak spots. It was not strong or durable enough for such deep dives.

The company did not perform crucial tests to see how much pressure the sub could really handle. Because of this, they did not know its true strength was likely far lower than they thought. The agency also said the company misread data from earlier dives, failing to see that the sub was already damaged and unsafe to use.

On board the deep-sea trip were the company’s CEO, Stockton Rush, and four paying passengers: British explorer Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and Pakistani-British businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman. A seat on the sub cost $250,000.

Contact with the small sub was lost less than two hours into its dive on June 18, 2023. This began a massive, international search effort. Debris from the sub was found a few days later on the ocean floor near the Titanic. Human remains were recovered when pieces were brought to the surface.

OceanGate suspended all its business activities soon after the incident. The family of one passenger, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, has since sued the company for being severely negligent.

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The Titanic wreck lies deep in the Atlantic Ocean and has attracted explorers and tourists since its discovery. The famous ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its first voyage, resulting in the loss of more than 1,500 lives.