The Titan’s implosion: the latest news on the Titanic wreckage tourist sub
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One year after OceanGate’s Titan implosion, rich people are still getting into makeshift deep-sea subs.
The Wall Street Journal describes how the June 18th, 2023 disaster that killed five people on a trip to the Titanic hasn’t entirely stalled the industry:
As [Triton Submarines CEO Patrick Lahey] and his peers see it, OceanGate’s problems weren’t broader submersible problems. They say classed subs are considered exceptionally safe modes of transportation thanks to rigorous testing of designs and materials.
“In that sense, OceanGate didn’t make the industry look bad,” says McCallum. “It made us look good.”
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