Titan submersible

A year after the Titan submersible implosion, investigators still don't have answers

10:20pm June 18, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

OceanGate's Titan submersible imploded on its way to the Titanic wreck one year ago. The Coast Guard initially had 12 months to complete its investigation, but says it needs more time.

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James Cameron walks in Purmamarca, Argentina, earlier this month. He's compared the OceanGate submersible tragedy to that of the Titanic itself.

James Cameron says the Titan passengers probably knew the submersible was in trouble

4:48pm June 23, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The Titanic director has made 33 dives to the shipwreck and visited ocean depths in a submersible he built himself. He compares OceanGate to the Titanic in that both ignored safety warnings.

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jamie Frederick speaks to reporters about the search for the Titan submersible on Wednesday in Boston, Mass.

The U.S. Navy heard the likely implosion of the missing Titan sub on Sunday

1:54pm June 23, 2023

by Emily Olson

The Navy, which was part of the unified command hunting for the Titan submersible, said it had acoustic data "consistent with an implosion" on Sunday at the start of a five-day search.

Rear Adm. John Mauger, the U.S. Coast Guard District commander, speaks during a news conference in Boston on Thursday about the search for the missing OceanGate submersible Titan.

All 5 passengers aboard Titan sub are dead after a 'catastrophic implosion'

6:22pm June 22, 2023

by Emily Olson

After days of search and rescue efforts, U.S. Coast Guard officials have determined there was a "catastrophic implosion of the vessel," and that all on board died.

British businessman Hamish Harding, pictured here in Beverly Hills, Calif., in January, was the holder of three Guinness World Records.

The 5 men who were aboard the wrecked Titan sub loved adventures — and taking risks

5:03pm June 22, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The five people who died while trying to catch a glimpse of the wrecked ocean liner included a Guinness World Record holder, a deep sea entrepreneur, wealthy businessmen and "Mr. Titanic."

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert is docked Tuesday as a member of the Coast Guard walks past at Coast Guard Base Boston.

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The missing submersible raises troubling questions for the adventure tourism industry

2:26pm June 22, 2023

The search for the Titan in the North Atlantic continues. When adventure travel goes wrong, who pays the price, and who's forced to take big risks mounting a rescue?

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Ida and Isidor Straus died after she gave up her spot in a lifeboat to stay with him on the sinking Titanic. Their great-great-granddaughter Wendy Rush is married to Stockton Rush, the founder of OceanGate and pilot of its missing submersible.

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The wife of OceanGate's CEO is descended from a famous couple who died on the Titanic

1:38pm June 22, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Stockton Rush, OceanGate's CEO and the pilot on its missing sub, is married to the great-great-granddaughter of Ida and Isidor Straus. Their story inspired an iconic scene in James Cameron's movie.

An undated photo shows a tourist submersible belonging to OceanGate descending into the ocean. Search and rescue operations for one of the company's submersibles, Titan, are continuing Wednesday.

Missing submersible: Rescuers race to find Titan after detecting underwater noises

1:33pm June 21, 2023

The U.S. Coast Guard said that a surveillance plane detected "underwater noises" close to where the Titan lost contact with its control room. Experts say the sub's oxygen may run out on Thursday.

OceanGate uses its Titan vessel to take tourists deep below sea level to visit the Titanic shipwreck. It disappeared in the North Atlantic during one such trip on Sunday.

Experts raised safety concerns about OceanGate years before its Titanic sub vanished

1:13pm June 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Experts from within and outside OceanGate worried about the safety and development of the Titan as far back as 2018, years before its inaugural dive. One tells NPR its disappearance isn't a surprise.

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Divers begin to open the hatch of Pisces III as she breaks water under the John Cabot after being hauled from the Atlantic seabed off the coast of Cork, Ireland.

Deep sea rescues have a mixed track record. The Pisces III is one that succeeded

2:37pm June 20, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

An international mission rescued both occupants of a sunken submersible off the coast of Ireland in 1973 with just 12 minutes to spare. The men had spent three days in darkness and silence.