62: OceanGate Titan

A young company pushing to re-invent deep sea exploration with an initial focus on opening up tourism to the wreck of the Titanic, OceanGate garnered the fascination of many around the world. With a different approach to their hull design they forged ahead despite many warnings from experts in the field, concerned about their design decisions and materials choices. When the submersible imploded killing all five aboard including the company CEO, the experts were only surprised about how OceanGate had got as far as they had...before it all went horribly wrong.
With John Chidgey.

Formal Reports:

• NTSB Final Report (PDF)
• US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Final Report (PDF)

General Information:

• OceanGate
• Titan Submersible Implosion
• Antipodes
• Oceangate Cyclops 1 (PDF)
• OceanGate founder looks beyond Titanic to new deep-sea frontiers
• The Titan Tragedy: A Deep Dive Into Carbon Fiber

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Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle, Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto and Steve Branam.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Ian Gallagher and Jamie Russell.