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Netflix Documentary Highlights Overlooked Warnings in Titan Submersible Disaster

The documentary uncovers how OceanGate management ignored critical hull warnings just months before the Coast Guard is set to issue its final findings

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The new documentary charts the decades-long journey that ultimately led to a tragedy.
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Overview

  • The film details engineers’ concerns over the use of carbon fiber in the Titan’s hull and other risky design choices that were dismissed by leadership
  • OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who perished in the June 2023 descent, repeatedly overruled staff warnings about safety flaws
  • Titan lost communication less than two hours into its dive to the Titanic wreck and was later confirmed to have imploded under pressure
  • The U.S. Coast Guard and Canada’s Transportation Safety Board continue probing the disaster with a Coast Guard final report expected later this year
  • The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a separate review of OceanGate’s financial practices in light of issues raised by the documentary