One of the victim's families has launched a $50 million lawsuit against Oceangate.
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.No one survived the trip aboard the experimental submersible owned by OceanGate, a company in Washington state that has since suspended operations.
"While the exact cause of failure may never be determined, experts agree that the Titan's crew would have realised exactly what was happening," the lawsuit states. "Common sense dictates that the crew were well aware they were going to die, before dying." A spokesperson for OceanGate declined to comment on the lawsuit, which was filed yesterday in King County, Washington. The defendants must respond to the complaint in the coming weeks, court papers state. The lawsuit describes Nargeolet as an employee of OceanGate and a crew member on the Titan.
Tony Buzbee, one of the attorneys on the case, said one of the suit's goals is to "get answers for the family as to exactly how this happened, who all were involved, and how those involved could allow this to happen."Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's, Newfoundland.
The Titan made its last dive on June 18, 2023, a Sunday morning, and lost contact with its support vessel about two hours later. After a search and rescue mission that drew attention around the world, the wreckage of the Titan was found on the ocean floor about 300 metres off the bow of the Titanic, about 700 kilometres south of St John's, Newfoundland.
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