OceanGate’s ‘Titan’ went on 7 dives with a damaged hull before implosion
Andrew Paul
created: Oct. 17, 2025, 8:05 p.m. | updated: Oct. 27, 2025, 8:05 p.m.
The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently concluded its investigation into the OceanGate Titan submersible disaster.
But according to their findings, investigators noted that the submersible wasn’t damaged shortly before its final voyage.
“The existing delaminations and additional damage that deteriorated the condition of the pressure vessel between dive 82 and the casualty dive (dive 88) resulted in a local buckling failure that led to the implosion of the Titan,” reads the summary.
“Additionally, OceanGate’s analysis of Titan pressure vessel real-time monitoring data was flawed, so the company was unaware that the Titan was damaged and needed to be immediately removed from service after dive 80,” wrote NTSB officials.
The immense pressure would have caused Titan to implode in less than 20 milliseconds, faster than a human brain could comprehend it happening.
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