The report states that the data of acoustic and caliber sensors on board indicated that the hull had undergone a delamination after an immersion in the titanic in 2022, causing a strong bang. It was said that Rush had rejected that noise and the relationship discovered that no one remained there in the company in 2023 which was able to adequately interpret the sensor data. The director of the company’s engineering left two months before I improcious.
“Power has been consolidated in Mr. Rush,” says Neubouer. “There were no standards established as strong as a noise or how many noises they would have missed you. I think it was intentional. In the end they didn’t want to remove it out of service.”
The report contains numerous recommendations that would increase the federal supervision of submarines managed by US companies. It would also ask that they are certified with third -party organizations, such as the Lloyd register or the American Bureau of Shipping, even if they operated in international waters such as the Titan. This will practically exclude the construction of a carbon fiber hull, since none of these organizations has classified a carbon fiber in crew to date. “It does not seem to be the right material because of the way it requires cumulative damage over time,” says Neubouer.
Tony Nissen, original director of oceangate engineering, questioned the general criticism of the relationship on carbon fiber hull and its acoustic monitoring system. Note that the problems with the first hull of the Titan have been identified, in part, using the acoustic sensors, leading it to be demolished and replaced. “The design was not inadequate. For anyone who say that the design was inadequate, it would have to face the analysis of the original manufacturer and the success of the first hull,” he says. “Real time monitoring worked as designed and expected, but for the second hull they ignored it.”
“We praise the Coast Guard of the United States for his in -depth work in confirming what experts in the sector have long for a long time on Titan tragedy: he has been preventable,” says Will Kohnen, executive director of the non -profit world organization. “The challenge is now to go on, building a best national and international regulatory framework for submerged operations, so that the safety and governance responsible are the standard in this unique and complex industry.”
The coast guard report also touches the problems with the response to research and rescue after the titan has disappeared. Neubauer states that some of the organizations listed as oceangate emergency contacts were not aware of the diving plans of the Titan and that the company should have had a distance robotic vehicle (ROV) capable of immersing the same depth as the submarines.
Although the world was on Lanterhooks during the four -day research and rescue efforts for the Titan, Neubouer is skeptical about the fact that it could never have been successful.
“Even if in the end we found the submarine inside the 96 -hour window that was advertised, I don’t think we could have recovered the submarine or people if they had survived and was entangled at the bottom,” he says. The ROV that locked the debris had only a minimum ability to move or free the titan, above all since it remained less than an hour of oxygen.
The coast guard report notes that if Rush had survived, he would have been subject to criminal actions for negligence. It does not identify any other subject to investigations. However, Wired reported last year that the southern district of New York was pursuing a criminal investigation into oceangate, probably linked to its financing. The Department of Justice has not confirmed that investigations and its current state are uncertain.
Nargeolet’s relatives are sucking at Oceangate, Rush’s Estate and others involved in the production of the Titan in the state of Washington. Rush’s survivors, Nargeolet and paying passengers did not respond to requests for comment.
Oceangate provided the following statement: “We offer our deepest condolences again to the families of those who died on June 18, 2023 and all those affected by the tragedy. After the tragedy, the company permanently defined the operations and has directed its resources completely towards cooperation with the coast guard investigation through its completion.”