Technology Engineering OceanGate's'Titan' went on 7 dives with a damaged hull before implosion Investigators found that the submersible's exterior featured'multiple anomalies' as early as 2022. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently concluded its investigation into the OceanGate submersible disaster . According to the summary report released on October 15, an already weakened hull caused the deep sea tourist vessel to implode while it was en route to visit the wreckage of the RMS in June 2023, killing all five passengers on board. But according to their findings, investigators noted that the submersible wasn't damaged shortly before its final voyage.

To us it shows how the spirit of innovation can pull ahead of reality, sometimes with unpleasant consequences. It was a phenomenon we saw time and again this year, like when GM's Cruise division put robotaxis into circulation before they were ready. Was the company in such a hurry because it's been losing $2 billion a year? Others find convoluted ways to keep hopes alive, like a company that is showing off its industrial equipment but is quietly still using bespoke methods to craft its lab-grown meat. The worst cringe, though, is when true believers can't see the looming disaster, but we do.

Navy SEAL Jake Zweig responds to the intense search for the missing Titanic submarine on'Fox & Friends.' Efforts to recover the remains of the Titan submersible that suffered a catastrophic implosion near the Titanic wreckage are currently underway, and as of Sunday, had descended to the seafloor for a fourth dive. Last Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that a debris field located about 1,600 feet from the wreckage of the Titanic was in fact that of the missing Titan submersible. The underwater vessel was carrying five men on board when it lost contact with its surface ship about an hour and 45 minutes after descending to the Titanic. South Wellfleet, Massachusetts-based Pelagic Research Services (PRS) was contacted by OceanGate, the company behind Titan, for use of its remotely operated vehicles, or "ROVs," to assist with the search. Pelagic Research Services continues to assist the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board with Titan recovery efforts near the Titanic wreckage.

A former OceanGate Expeditions customer who took a trip to see the Titanic wreckage two years ago described the dive as a "kamikaze operation." An international search and rescue operation is ongoing for five crew members on OceanGate's Titan sub, which went missing Sunday on a planned deep sea tourist expedition. Arthur Loibl, a retired German businessman and adventurer who went on the same trip in 2021, shared his experience with OceanGate in an interview with The Associated Press. "You have to be a little bit crazy to do this sort of thing," Loibl said. He explained that the idea of touring the Titanic wreckage came to him on a trip to the South Pole in 2016.

The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday afternoon that there around 40-41 hours of "breathable air" left on the OceanGate Titan submersible that disappeared en route to the Titanic wreckage in the North Atlantic. Deep-sea vehicle industry insiders say the combination of the enormous depth, the lack of communication and the rapidly dwindling window of opportunity make rescue of the five people aboard the OceanGate highly unlikely. The OceanGate was bringing its passengers to see the wreckage of the Titanic, about 12,500 below sea level, when it went missing on Sunday. The OceanGate has about 40 hours of oxygen remaining, the Coast Guard reported Tuesday afternoon, assuming the vehicle did not suffer an instant catastrophic explosion, as some experts have said they fear. "The math is not great," one career expert in autonomous underwater vehicles, more commonly known as drones, told Fox News Digital.