Titan submersible implosion was 'preventable', US Coast Guard report finds

"Critically flawed" safety practices and a "toxic workplace culture" were among the contributing factors that led to the Titan submersible imploding on its way to the Titanic, a report has said.

The US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) said in its report into Oceangate - the private company that owned the submersible - that "the loss of five lives was preventable".

Titan operator Stockton Rush, who founded OceanGate; two members of a prominent Pakistani family, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman; British adventurer Hamish Harding; and Titanic expert and the sub's pilot, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, died on board.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/toxic-workplace-culture-one-of-contributing-factors-that-led-to-titan-submersible-implosion-13407220

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Post from Sky News on August 05, 2025

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