Titanic Submersible

Science 2025-04-15T18:50:18Z

A digital recreation of the Titanic showing its bow buried in the seafloor

See the most detailed images ever taken of Titanic's wreckage, which might offer clues about how it sank

Submersibles captured images of the Titanic wreck to create a "digital twin" of the ship. Researchers are using it to explore the Titanic's mysteries.

Transportation 2024-06-19T10:29:53Z

A side view of the Titan submersible, a large white cylindrical vessel with a rounded front with a small porthole, in water.

Investigators looking into the OceanGate submersible disaster say finding answers is 'complex,' will take longer than expected

A year on from the Titan submersible implosion, the US Coast Guard says its investigation into what happened will miss its 12-month deadline.

News 2024-06-19T04:15:26Z

silhouette of man gesturing in front of white submersible with words oceangate on the side

A Vegas investor says he was invited to go on OceanGate's submersible but made up an excuse to get out of the trip because he didn't trust Stockton Rush's safety claims

Jay Bloom told Newsweek that he and his son were invited to go on the submersible but that he grew wary of CEO Stockton Rush's safety claims.

News 2023-07-31T21:10:00Z

A side view of the Titan submersible, a large white cylindrical vessel with a rounded grey front that has a single porthole in water.

NASA was supposed to help test OceanGate's controversial carbon fiber hull, but the plan was scrapped because of COVID-19

Internal emails between NASA staff members show how the agency dealt with its involvement with OceanGate after the company sub's deadly demise.

News 2023-07-26T15:00:39Z

Paul-Henri Nargeolet looks over a replica of the sunken RMS Titanic

A sub expert who raised the alarm about OceanGate's Titan tried to talk his pal Paul-Henri Nargeolet out of going on the doomed trip

Paul-Henri Nargeolet — an explorer who was known as "Mr. Titanic" — "seemed convinced" that the OceanGate's Titan was safe, a sub expert told Insider.

News 2023-07-25T22:41:31Z

OceanGate wrote that certifying its sub would block innovation. A longtime sub expert says the 'exact opposite is true.'

"Certification is not an impediment to innovation," an expert said. "Certification is the crucible within which responsible innovation is possible."

News 2023-07-19T00:51:37Z

Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate exhibitions.

Stockton Rush's friend said the OceanGate CEO designed a 'mousetrap' for billionaires: 'He definitely knew it was going to end like this'

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush knew his Titan submersible would likely end in disaster, his friend said, calling the sub a "mousetrap for billionaires."

News 2023-07-17T10:39:02Z

The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken SS Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph.

OceanGate used a mothership too small to carry the Titan in 2023, dragging it behind on a platform to save money, report says

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush rented the smaller Polar Prince for its 2023 Titanic dives and had to tow the Titan behind it, per The New York Times.

News 2023-07-15T13:30:00Z

Stockton Rush, OceanGates chief executive, at a press conference next to the Cyclops 1, a five-person sub used by OceanGate

7 reasons why we now know going on the Titan sub was a very bad idea

The Titan submersible only reached the depth of the Titanic wreck on "as few as 13" out of 90 dives, according to OceanGate's liability waiver.

News 2023-07-15T09:30:00Z

The only safety training OceanGate gave Titan passengers was handing them a 'flight suit and some warm socks and a kind of fleece vest,' journalist says

Arnie Weissmann, editor in chief of Travel Weekly, was due to dive on the Titan in May but his expedition was canceled due to bad weather.

News 2023-07-14T08:12:03Z

OceanGate tried to scrub the internet clean of traces that it ever existed, taking down its Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages

OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration company that created the Titan submersible, has removed its Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts.

News 2023-07-12T21:03:51Z

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush planned to use his Titan submersible to cash in on deep-sea mining — the 'biggest gold rush in history' that could cause environmental destruction

Scientists say deep-sea mining could harm marine life. In 2017, Stockton Rush said he thought the Titan submersible could be used in the practice.

News 2023-07-12T00:04:16Z

The Titan submersible, a cylindrical vessel with a small hatch at the front, diving in dark blue waters.

Flying to space may be more regulated than a dive in an OceanGate submersible— but both require tourists to acknowledge they might die

Like the passengers on OceanGate's Titan submersible, tourists going into space also have to acknowledge they could die. The FAA actually requires it.

News 2023-07-11T16:04:37Z

Aaron Newman aboard OceanGate's Titan submersible in 2021 with Stockton Rush in the background.

The world needs people like 'visionary' OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush: former Titan passenger-turned-investor

"We need people like Stockton. He is a hero," Aaron Newman, who became an investor in OceanGate after a dive on the Titan, said.

News 2023-07-11T03:09:43Z

A Black and white map of the ocean showing the location of the titanic in the lower left corner and the supposed location of the Titan submersible wreck on the upper right hand side.

A map showing the Titan debris field in relation to the Titanic shipwreck was partially created by one of the sub's victims, Paul-Henri Nargeolet

The Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet helped develop a map released by RMS Titanic Inc., which was used to show where the Titan debris was found.

News 2023-07-09T11:00:55Z

Wendy Rush, Stockton Rush's wife, helped run Titan dives and was OceanGate's 'No. 2,' says former Polar Prince passenger

"She took part in the meetings and you got the sense that she was No. 2," Arnie Weissmann, who spent eight days on the Titan support ship, said.

News 2023-07-09T08:00:00Z

Titan sub only reached the depth of the Titanic on 13 out of 90 dives, says the waiver OceanGate passengers had to sign

OceanGate indicated in the liability waiver how many times the submersible dived the 3,800 meters below the Atlantic where the Titanic lies.

News 2023-07-08T09:30:00Z

Read OceanGate's 4-page waiver signed by a would-be Titan passenger listing all the ways they could die in the 'experimental' sub

The lengthy waiver that OceanGate required Titan passengers to sign meant they gave up the right to take legal action for injury or "any other loss."

News 2023-07-08T01:46:56Z

Stockton Rush's recklessness was an open secret that nobody could do anything about

Industry experts warned Rush that his ambition could lead to tragedy, but OceanGate's operations in international waters provided legal cover.

News 2023-07-07T21:01:45Z

Fake audio of the Titan sub implosion is spreading online, but the Navy will probably never release the actual audio

A Navy spokesperson confirmed to Insider that the military branch, whose systems initially recorded the sounds, has not released the audio.