Overview

• Newly released support-ship video captures the faint bang and two-minute silence marking Titan’s catastrophic implosion on June 18, 2023.
• The U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation is using public-hearing footage and support-ship recordings to probe design and operational failures.
• Relatives of the five victims, including explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have filed wrongful-death suits against OceanGate and Stockton Rush’s estate alleging negligence.
• Documentaries on Discovery, HBO Max and Netflix feature unseen footage and interviews that expose ignored warnings about the submersible’s carbon-fiber hull.
• Submersible expert Karl Stanley and other insiders say safety concerns raised during test dives were dismissed, intensifying calls for accountability in private deep-sea ventures.