Overview

• Netflix released Titan: The OceanGate Disaster on June 11, 2025, exploring how a catastrophic implosion off the Titanic wreck in June 2023 claimed the lives of Stockton Rush, Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding and deep-sea explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
• Whistle-blowers and former OceanGate engineers recount how carbon fiber tests produced alarming popping sounds under pressure and how CEO Stockton Rush repeatedly dismissed safety warnings.
• U.S. Coast Guard investigators have cataloged recovered items such as an intact pen, business cards and audio recordings capturing the submersible’s final implosion signature.
• Official inquiries by the U.S. Coast Guard and Canada’s Transportation Safety Board remain active, no criminal charges have been filed, and OceanGate has permanently ceased all operations.
• The documentary raises urgent questions about regulation and third-party certification for private deep-sea expeditions and the accountability of technology ventures.