A public hearing is set to examine the events surrounding the catastrophic failure of Oceangate’s submersible.
It was the submersible that promised passengers the trip of a lifetime. A chance to descend 3,800m to the Atlantic depths to visit the wreck of the Titanic.
The world watched and waited for news of the missing sub. But on 22 June, wreckage was discovered about 500m from Titanic’s bow. Titan had imploded just one hour and 45 minutes into the dive.Clockwise from top left: Stockton Rush, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet were all onboard the TitanThose on Titan could stay in contact with the support ship, the Polar Prince, with text messages sent through its onboard communications system.
If there were no apparent problems during the descent and alarms failed to sound, those on board could have been unaware of their imminent fate. Every time Titan went down to the Titanic - and it had made multiple dives - the carbon fibre was compressed and damaged.The junctions between different materials also gave cause for concern. The carbon fibre was attached to two rings of titanium, creating weak points.Planes and ships spent several days looking for the missing subShips, aircraft and remotely operated vehicles were scrambled to the Atlantic to try to find Titan.
Engineers from the Marine Technology Society also said that Oceangate’s experimental approach could result in “negative outcomes ” in a letter shared with Stockton Rush., deep-sea specialist Rob McCallum told Rush that the sub should not be used for commercial deep dive operations and was placing passengers in a “dangerous dynamic”.
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