OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who died on the deep-sea submersible alongside 4 others, ignored important information main as much as the vessel’s implosion in June 2023, in keeping with a brand new report from the U.S. Coast Guard.
The 335-page report launched Tuesday revealed that OceanGate had “critically flawed” security practices and a poisonous office tradition — and that Rush’s “negligence” contributed to the deaths of these on board.
It additionally concluded that the Titan’s disappearance — and eventual implosion — was “preventable.”
Rush, who acted because the Titan sub’s pilot, “exhibited negligence that contributed to the deaths of four individuals,” the report discovered. It additionally “identified evidence of a potential criminal offense.” Had Rush survived, the Coast Guard would have really helpful that the Department of Justice think about pursuing a separate legal investigation.
How the corporate was run allowed Rush to “completely ignore” important information and different security measures forward of the doomed expedition to the Titanic’s ruins.
“The lack of each third-party oversight and skilled OceanGate staff on workers throughout their 2023 Titan operations allowed OceanGate’s Chief Executive Officer to fully ignore very important inspections, information analyses, and preventative upkeep procedures, culminating in a catastrophic occasion,” the report says.
The report detailed eight primary causal factors that led to the sub’s implosion. They are:
- OceanGate’s design and testing processes didn’t address “the fundamental engineering principles” needed for operations in “an inherently hazardous environment.”
- OceanGate did not analyze to understand the expected cycle life of the sub’s hull.
- The company relied too heavily on a real-time monitoring system of the sub’s condition, but failed to meaningfully examine the data the system provided.
- OceanGate continued to use the Titan following incidents that “compromised the integrity of the hull and other critical components.”
- The Titan’s carbon fibre construction led to issues that weakened its overall structural integrity.
- The company failed to investigate the sub after “mishaps that negatively impacted its hull and components during dives” before the implosion.
- OceanGate’s “toxic workplace environment,” which utilized firings or senior staff members and the looming threat of being fired to keep employees from sharing safety concerns.
- The company’s failure to conduct “preventative maintenance” on the sub’s hull or protect it from elements during the off-season ahead of the doomed 2023 expedition.
However, it also confirmed the overarching cause was a “loss of structural integrity,” which led to the “instantaneous” death of all five people on board.
The Titan submersible imploded while Rush and his four passengers were on a dive to see the wreckage of the Titanic. The other four passengers killed in the implosion included Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48; his son, Suleman Dawood, 19; British businessman Hamish Harding, 58; and French explorer and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77.
It additionally notes that OceanGate failed to analyze a whistleblower’s criticism in 2018. Had there been an earlier investigation, the report suggests, OceanGate may have both met regulatory necessities or modified its plans for the Titanic expedition, the report discovered.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/titan-submersible-report-oceangate-coast-guard-b2802208.html