OceanGate Says Titan Passengers 'Have Sadly Been Lost'; Coast Guard Says Debris 'Consistent With a Catastrophic Implosion'

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jun. 22, 2023

OceanGate, the company behind the Titan submersible vehicle that went missing over the weekend while descending to the Titanic, said Thursday that all five people aboard the sub "have sadly been lost."
Statement from OceanGate Inc.

We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost.

These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world's oceans. Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time. We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew.

This is an extremely sad time for our dedicated employees who are exhausted and grieving deeply over this loss. The entire OceanGate family is deeply grateful for the countless men and women from multiple organizations of the international community who expedited wide-ranging resources and have worked so very hard on this mission. We appreciate their commitment to finding these five explorers, and their days and nights of tireless work in support of our crew and their families.

This is a very sad time for the entire explorer community, and for each of the family members of those lost at sea. We respectfully ask that the privacy of these families be respected during this most painful time.
The Coast Guard said debris found 1,600 feet away from the Titanic wreckage "is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber" of the Titan, ABC News reports.


As I reported Tuesday, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush -- who told an interviewer he didn't want to hire a bunch of "50-year-old white guys" like other submarine companies because he wanted his team to be "inspirational" -- was warned by a "50-year-old white guy" employee in 2018 that their first-of-a-kind carbon fiber hull was not safe and could implode without warning.


This video shows what a catastrophic failure of carbon fiber looks like:


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Those onboard likely died instantly when the hull failed rather than having to wait days as their oxygen supplies slowly diminished.

Every day people put their trust in 50-year-old white guys for a reason. They may not be "inspirational" the way a young "LGBTQ+ American" who takes her straight coworkers to drag shows is but they're as dependable and competent as it gets. Those who would demonize them or ignore their contributions as foundational pillars of our civilization do so at their own peril.

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