1 year, 9 months ago

This explorer dived to the ocean’s deepest seabed. He says the missing Titanic sub disaster was ‘avoidable’

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kelly Walsh, 55, told The Independent the disappearance of the Titan less than two hours into a 4,000m dive in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday was “truly sad and avoidable”. but hopes are diminishing.” open image in gallery Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard making their way to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960 In 2020, Mr Walsh was invited to join financier and adventurer Victor Vescovo on a dive to Challenger Deep in the western Pacific Ocean. “But anyone doing this type of thing has to have in the back of their minds that possibility.” open image in gallery Submersible pilot Randy Holt, and Stockton Rush, left, CEO of OceanGate Explorations, in the Titan In addition to paying up to $250,000 per trip, passengers on board the OceanGate Expeditions trips to the Titanic had to sign extensive waiver forms in the event of a tragedy occurring. Mr Walsh said the ocean exploration community was “not a Wild West endeavour with unsafe operators running amok”.

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6 months, 1 week ago

Week one of the Titan submersible hearings revealed the crew's last messages, prior malfunctions and complaints being ignored

ABC

The implosion of the Titan submersible deep in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, killing five people, could have been prevented, a hearing into the tragedy has been told. Mr Nissen said he was often in disagreement with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who "most people" in the company would always eventually "back down to" owing to his difficult nature. Mr …

7 months, 1 week ago

Rescuers face 'very complicated' search for six missing passengers including British 'Bill Gates' as luxury superyacht is 'virtually intact' - as captain of doomed Bayesian says he 'didn't see it comi

Daily Mail

Rescuers will face a 'very complicated' search for six missing passengers on a superyacht owned by the 'British Bill Gates' after it sank in a freak storm off the coast of Sicily. It comes as: A life raft is seen docked at the harbour near the port where the emergency and rescue workers are launching their search operation A fire …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Crew of Titan sub knew they were going to die before implosion, family of explorer claim in lawsuit

ABC

The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a lawsuit for more than $75million, saying the crew experienced "terror and mental anguish" before the disaster and accusing the sub's operator of gross negligence. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Crew of Titan sub knew they were going to die before implosion, reveals over $50M lawsuit

Hindustan Times

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. “While the exact cause of failure may never be determined, experts agree that the Titan’s crew would have realized exactly what …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Crew of Titan sub knew they were going to die before implosion, according to more than $50M lawsuit

Associated Press

8 months, 2 weeks ago

The first Titanic voyage in 14 years is happening in the wake of submersible tragedy. Hopes are high

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic is undertaking its first expedition to the ship’s wreckage in years, and those involved in the mission said they have both heavy hearts and lofty goals for a trip happening a year after a submersible disaster involving another firm killed five people. The expedition will use modern …

9 months ago

OceanGate co-founder believes billionaires ‘can lead humans to Venus’

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The co-founder of the company behind last year’s doomed Titan …

9 months, 1 week ago

One year ago OceanGate’s Titan sub imploded, taking 5 lives with it

The Independent

9 months, 1 week ago

A year after the Titan’s tragic dive, deep-sea explorers vow to pursue ocean’s mysteries

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — The deadly implosion of an experimental submersible en route to the deep-sea grave of the Titanic last June has not dulled the desire for further ocean exploration, despite lingering questions about the disaster. Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at …

10 months ago

Billionaire building $20m sub to prove Titanic wreck site can be visited safely after Titan disaster

The Independent

1 year ago

Daughter of French explorer 'Mr Titanic' who was killed in Titan sub disaster says dives to the wreck of the doomed liner MUST continue - as she slams expedition firm OceanGate for failing to contact

Daily Mail

The daughter of the Titanic expert killed when a submersible imploded near the doomed liner says trips to the wreck should continue. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was one of five killed when the OceanGate submersible, Titan, catastrophically imploded near the wreck of the Titanic on June 18 last year. The daughter of Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who was killed when a submersible …

1 year ago

CEO of doomed Titanic expedition joked 'what could go wrong?' in eerie radio interview weeks before disaster, new documentary reveals as experts describe passengers' 'torturous' last moments on Titan

Daily Mail

This video is no longer available This video is no longer available The CEO of the doomed Titanic exploration company whose submarine imploded, killing all five people onboard including him, eerily joked 'what could go wrong?' Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate, gave an interview to St John's Radio, a Canadian radio show just a few weeks before the ill-fated …

1 year, 5 months ago

A company cancels its plans to recover more Titanic artifacts. Its renowned expert died on the Titan

Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck has cancelled plans to retrieve more artifacts from the site because the leader of the upcoming expedition died in the Titan submersible implosion, according to documents filed in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday. U.S. attorneys have said the firm’s original plans to enter the ship’s …

1 year, 6 months ago

A new movie based on OceanGate’s Titan submersible tragedy is in the works: ‘Salvaged’

LA Times

James Cameron said he would never make a movie about the OceanGate submersible tragedy, but MindRiot Entertainment just announced they officially have one in the works. “Our film will not only honor all those involved in the submersible tragedy, and their families, but the feature will serve as a vessel that also addresses a more macro concern about the nature …

1 year, 7 months ago

Co-founder of company involved in Titanic sub disaster sets his sights on Venus

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The new venture comes less than two months after OceanGate co-founder and Mr Söhnlein’s friend Stockton Rush …

1 year, 8 months ago

Titan submersible would have ‘collapsed in milliseconds’ and killed passengers instantly, expert says

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

Titanic expert killed in sub implosion honored by James Cameron, others for heeding explorer’s call

Associated Press

Almost a month after he died in a submersible implosion on his way to see the Titanic wreck, a French explorer was remembered Wednesday by filmmaker James Cameron and others as someone whose deep-sea exploits inspired generations of ocean lovers and brought a greater understanding of the famous ship. The video said Nargeolet “inspired generations of ocean lovers, divers and …

1 year, 8 months ago

OceanGate deletes website, social media handles after Titan tragedy

Hindustan Times

Oceangate - the company that owned the Titan submersible which imploded on June 18 killing all five passengers inside it - has deleted its website and social media handles. The website and its expedition pages now say that the company has “suspended all exploration and commercial operations”, while its social media handles have disappeared from the internet. On July 7, …

1 year, 8 months ago

Titan Sub Tragedy: Passengers Realised Fate 48 Seconds Before Death, Climbed On Top of Each Other

News 18

The world is still in shock from the lives that have been lost in the Titan Submarine tragedy. In an interview with Spanish news outlet NIUS, Spanish engineer and underwater expert José Luis Martín shed light on the final moments of the people onboard. As the submersible reached new depths, the imbalance caused by the weight of the passengers near …

1 year, 8 months ago

Titan Submarine Tragedy: Victims realised their fate 48 seconds before death, says expert

India TV News

The world is in great shock after the Titan Submarine tragedy. Now, in the latest development, a report by Spanish outlet NIUS, Spanish Engineer and underwater expert Jose Luis Martin has shed light on the final moments of the people around. He also added that the five people who perished aboard the OceanGate submersible were likely aware of the impending …

1 year, 8 months ago

Less than 15% of OceanGate’s Titan sub trips actually reached Titanic wreckage

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

Titanic sub wreckage: OceanGate CEO’s chilling words about Titan revealed as company shutters after disaster

The Independent

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1 year, 8 months ago

OceanGate CEO’s chilling comments about outcome if Titan sub lost contact revealed

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

OceanGate Expeditions ceases operations after Titanic sub implosion killed five

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

OceanGate suspends exploration, commercial operations after Titan submersible implosion

Live Mint

OceanGate – the company owned the Titan submersible that imploded during a dive to the titanic wreckage, killing all the five people on board including the firm’s CEO Stockton Rush – Thursday said it has suspended its exploration and commercial operations, reported CNN. The submersible was reported missing on June 18 and the US Coast Guard and Canadian authorities on …

1 year, 8 months ago

OceanGate suspends all operations post Titan tragedy, here's their list of expeditions

Hindustan Times

OceanGate, the company that owned the Titan submersible which imploded on June 18, killing all five passengers inside it, has suspended all exploration and commerical operations. Titan Submersible “OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations,” reads the top of the company’s official website. Screengrab from OceanGate's official website Here's a list of expeditions that OceanGate used to operate Titanic …

1 year, 8 months ago

OceanGate Suspends All Sub Explorations After Titan Implosion

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING OceanGate Expeditions, the company that built and operated the Titan submersible that imploded during a tourist trip to the sunken Titanic late last month, said it has suspended all of its explorations. The logo for OceanGate Expeditions is seen on a boat parked near the offices of the company at a marine industrial warehouse in Everett, Wash. …

1 year, 8 months ago

OceanGate employee feared CEO could ‘kill himself and others in quest to boost his ego’ with Titanic sub

The Independent

1 year, 8 months ago

Ex-OceanGate Employee's Ominous 2018 Email About Titan Sub Revealed In New Report

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A former OceanGate employee reportedly emailed a colleague years ago sounding the alarm that the company’s CEO might get himself and others killed due to safety issues with the Titan submersible. “There’s no way on earth you could have paid me to dive the thing,” David Lochridge wrote in a 2018 email about the Titan and OceanGate …

1 year, 8 months ago

‘Every deep-diving sub makes a noise’: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush once dismissed a loud bang heard from Titan sub

Hindustan Times

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush once allegedly dismissed a loud bang heard from the Titan submersible. "Almost every deep-diving sub makes a noise at some point." Passengers on board the Titan submersible were not referred to as “passengers,” but as “mission specialists” to avoid legal trouble if anyone died, former consultant to OceanGate Rob McCallum told The New Yorker. The catastrophic …

1 year, 8 months ago

Friend of late OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush warned Titan needed more testing after 2019 dive

The Independent

1 year, 9 months ago

Who was on the Titanic submarine that imploded with Hamish Harding and Shahzada Dawood?

The Independent

1 year, 9 months ago

Family remembers ‘legend’ Hamish Harding, British billionaire who perished in Titanic submarine accident

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A statement from Harding’s family, via …

1 year, 9 months ago

Titanic submersible model: How billionaires navigate boredom through thrilling experiences like Titan sub, according to psychologists

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1 year, 9 months ago

‘A true explorer’: Organisation where Paul-Henri Nargeolet worked to dig out Titanic artefacts opens moving guestbook

Hindustan Times

RMS Titanic Inc, an organisation that preserves artefacts of the Titanic and provides educational information about it, has opened an online guestbook for Titan submersible victim Paul-Henri Nargeolet. Paul-Henry Nargeolet spent two decades with RMS Titanic, digging out items from the Titanic wreck site “In loving memory of PH Nargeolet. You are a Titanic legend!” Someone wrote, “I love your …

1 year, 9 months ago

'I told him he shouldn't get in that damn sub': Hamish Harding's friend Victor Vescovo warned him before Titan voyage

Hindustan Times

Hamish Harding’s longtime friend had warned him not to get on the submersible before the ill-fated voyage, it has been revealed. Fellow explorer Victor Vescovo said that it was Hamish’s dream to go on the journey, even though he knew about the risks. Hamish Harding’s longtime friend Victor Vescovo had warned him not to get on the submersible before the …

1 year, 9 months ago

'Predatory' Titan sub boss Stockton Rush was 'hunting for rich clients to endorse doomed expedition'

Daily Mail

Stockton Rush is said to have been 'predatory' in securing clients for the trips Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush was on a 'predatory' mission to find wealthy clients to endorse his submersible's deep sea trips to the Titanic, industry leaders claimed last night. Stockton Rush perished on board the Titan last Sunday along with his four passengers when the vessel imploded …

1 year, 9 months ago

‘I expressed safety concerns’: Chat between OceanGate CEO and billionaire who was set to go on doomed Titan voyage viral

Hindustan Times

Las Vegas billionaire real estate developer Jay Bloom has revealed that he and his son were offered two seats in the doomed Titan submersible. Jay Bloom shared screenshots of his conversation with Stockton Rush, who he believes was very confident that the trip was not so risky that it could end up in a tragedy {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The …

1 year, 9 months ago

‘I expressed safety concerns’: Chat between OceanGate CEO and billionaire who was set to go on doomed Titan voyage viral

Hindustan Times

1 year, 9 months ago

Stockton Rush texts messages reveal how OceanGate CEO tried to sell cut-price trip on Titanic submersible

The Independent

1 year, 9 months ago

Previous Passengers Recall Ill-Fated Titan: 'I 100% Knew This Was Going To Happen'

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Talk to someone who rode on the Titan submersible, and they’re likely to mention a technological glitch: the propulsion system failed or communications with people on the surface cut out. In the wake of the Titan’s fatal implosion near the Titanic shipwreck on Sunday, some people who embarked on the company’s deep-sea expeditions described experiences that foreshadowed …

1 year, 9 months ago

Hamish G.L. Harding | The Titan submersible was the last expedition of a life-long explorer

The Hindu

Devoted family man, “a guide and an inspiration” to his team and company, and intrepid explorer to the world, Hamish G.L. Harding was ‘no stranger in glory land’ as he soon set world records for: ‘the fastest circumnavigation of the earth via both poles; the greatest distance covered at full ocean depth’; and also ‘the greatest duration spent at full …

1 year, 9 months ago

Titan submersible | Deep sea tragedy

The Hindu

On June 18, contact was lost with a 6.7 metre-long submersible named ‘Titan’ which was carrying one pilot and four crew members to a depth of around 3,800 metres to see the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Titan’s five crew members were billionaire Hamish Harding, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his university-going …

1 year, 9 months ago

Ross Kemp turned down OceanGate submersible trip after safety fears

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Actor and documentary-maker Ross Kemp turned down a trip to …

1 year, 9 months ago

Titanic sub company, OceanGate Expedition, faces backlash over pilot job posting amid tragedy

Hindustan Times

OceanGate Expeditions, already under intense scrutiny following the tragic deaths of five individuals in its ill-fated Titanic-bound submersible, is now facing even more backlash. The company has come under fire as screenshots of a recently deleted job posting for a Submersible Pilot/Marine Technician have surfaced online, leading to questions about the timing and the state of their operations. The devastating …

1 year, 9 months ago

Family of billionaire explorer on Titanic sub say instant death from implosion was ‘best outcome’

The Independent

1 year, 9 months ago

OceanGate CEO said he was ‘personally insulted’ by ‘baseless cries’ about Titanic sub’s deadly safety flaws

The Independent

1 year, 9 months ago

Co-founder defends Titanic expeditions company after deadly vessel implosion

The Independent

1 year, 9 months ago

Regulations around Titanic trips ‘tricky to navigate’, says OceanGate co-founder

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Cameron, who is himself a submersibles expert and has completed deep sea dives, …

1 year, 9 months ago

Titan submersible likely imploded so fast, passengers ‘never knew it happened’: Experts

Hindustan Times

The Titan submersible, that went missing within a couple hours of its dive off the Canada coast on Sunday, probably imploded so fast that all five victims onboard would have been unaware of the event taking place, submersible experts said. The United States Coast Guard confirmed Thursday that the submersible imploded in the Atlantic Ocean sometime this week, after the …

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Horrifying new video shows tourists screaming as doomed Egyptian submarine Sindbad starts to sink - as crew are questioned by police over disaster that left six dead

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Horrifying footage of the doomed Egyptian tourist submarine shows how the vessel began to sink as passengers were getting on board. Horrifying footage of the doomed Egyptian tourist submarine Sinbad shows how the vessel began to sink as passengers were getting on board The Sindbad sub, with its hatch still open, started to dive beneath the Red Sea as boarding …

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Tourist submarine crew's 'mistake' that condemned six tourists to a terrifying death beneath the waves off Egypt... as Brits describe trips on 'death trap'

Daily Mail

A survivor of the Egypt submarine tragedy has claimed the vessel began to dive with its hatches still open, leaving tourists to scramble out themselves as it took on water. A rescue boat arrives to recover the sunken tourist submarine 'Sindbad' off the coast of Hurghada in Egypt on Thursday The regional governor said that all the passengers who were …

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Tourist submarine sinks off Egypt coast with at least six confirmed dead: Vessel with 44 passengers suffers disaster during trip to Red Sea

Daily Mail

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Shameless pro-Putin propagandists cook up ridiculous conspiracy theory Britain staged North Sea ship crash - so Russia could be blamed

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