After Raising Concerns AboutTitanBefore Implosion, Ex-Employee Was Allegedly Told She ‘Didn’t Have an Explorer Mindset’

Mar. 15, 2025

The Titan submersible on June 22, 2023.Photo:HANDOUT/US Coast Guard / Pelagic Research Services/AFP via Getty

In this June 22, 2023, image obtained from the US Coast Guard and Pelagic Research Services, remnants of the hull of the Titan submersible rests at the bottom of the ocean. The US Coast Guard on September 16, 2024, began a hearing over the implosion of the privately owned submersible that killed five people on a journey to the Titanic last year.

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A former OceanGate employee recalled a customer raising concerns to the company a year before theTitansubmersibleimploded and killed five people onboard in June 2023.

After Raising Concerns About Titan Before Implosion, Ex-Employee Was Told She ‘Didn’t Have an Explorer Mindset

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he Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation releases remotely operated vehicle footage of the Titan submersible’s tail cone in support of the hearing in North Charleston, Sept. 17, 2024

On June 18, 2023,theTitanbegan its final diveas it descended into the North Atlantic and later imploded, killing Rush, 61;Titanicexpert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77; British-Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son, Suleman; and billionaire British explorer Hamish Harding, 58. Human remains from the implosion were later recovered.

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Titan Submersible underwater on June 20, 2023.HANDOUT/OceanGate Expeditions/AFP via Getty

Titan Submersible

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The Coast Guard’s hearings into the implosion began on Monday, Sept. 16, are expected to last two weeks.

source: people.com

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