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OceanGate

Coast Guard Capt. Jamie Frederick at hearing

Eyebrow-raising revelations come to light as hearings into Titan sub’s loss wrap up

The tragic tale of OceanGate’s Titan submersible took on a few added twists today as the U.S. Coast Guard concluded… Read More

John Winters at Coast Guard hearing

Coast Guard hearing looks at the gaps in regulations that preceded Titan sub’s loss

The U.S. Coast Guard took a deep dive into the regulations governing submersibles today at a public hearing looking into… Read More

Underwater view of Titan sub wreckage, with labels

NTSB spots flaws in hull of Oceangate’s Titan submersible and focuses on a bang

A pair of reports by the National Transportation Safety Board found evidence of imperfections in the carbon-fiber hull that was… Read More

OceanGate Titan crew

Submarine builder recounts how a trip in OceanGate’s Titan sub unnerved him

Karl Stanley has done more than 2,000 dives in submersibles that he’s built himself, so he was intrigued when OceanGate… Read More

Titan sub salvage effort

OceanGate’s former top engineer says cost concerns shortchanged Titan sub’s safety

In the run-up to last year’s implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible, cost concerns played a role in decisions that may… Read More

Fred Hagen preparing for 2022 Titanic dive

OceanGate client recalls how Titan sub got tangled up in Titanic wreckage during dive

OceanGate’s Titan submersible briefly became tangled up in the wreck of the Titanic during a 2022 dive, a mission specialist… Read More

Renata Rojas on ship

Titanic traveler delivers a tearful plea for citizen science at OceanGate sub hearing

Amateur adventurer Renata Rojas took a trip to the Titanic in OceanGate’s Titan submersible in 2022, and she was aboard… Read More

Coast Guard releases videos that show the shattered remains of OceanGate Titan sub

Video views from the search for OceanGate’s Titan submersible show mangled components from the craft — and tell the tale… Read More

David Lochridge at Coast Guard hearing

OceanGate whistleblower traces the roots of his concerns about Titan sub to a crash

Whistleblower David Lochridge said today that his concerns about OceanGate and its approach to undersea exploration began long before the… Read More

‘All good here’: Hearing on OceanGate sub tragedy reveals the crew’s final messages

The last words transmitted by the crew on OceanGate’s Titan submersible before they perished in last year’s catastrophic implosion in… Read More

Coast Guard engineers examine Titan sub's aft titanium endcap

Coast Guard hearings open a new chapter in investigation of OceanGate sub tragedy

The U.S. Coast Guard is beginning two weeks of public hearings into last year’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible and… Read More

Titanic bow with missing section of railing

RMS Titanic says ‘bittersweet’ dive reveals shipwreck’s decay — and a new treasure

RMS Titanic, the company holding the salvage rights to the wreck of the Titanic, says its latest robotic survey of… Read More

OceanGate's Titan submersible

Titanic explorer’s family files $50M lawsuit targeting OceanGate and other companies

The family of Titanic explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet is seeking more than $50 million in damages in a lawsuit targeting Everett,… Read More

OceanGate Titan sub

OceanGate investigators see no signs that the crew was warned about fatal implosion

The chairman of the Coast Guard investigation panel for last year’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible says his team has… Read More

Illustration: Triton 4000/2 Abyssal Explorer submersible for Titanic dives

A year after OceanGate tragedy, billionaire plans Titanic trip in a different submersible

Less than a year after the loss of Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate’s submersible and its five-person crew during a dive to… Read More

Coast Guard engineers examine Titan sub's aft titanium endcap

Coast Guard brings up additional debris and remains from OceanGate sub wreck

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has recovered and transferred the remaining evidence and debris from OceanGate’s Titan submersible to… Read More

Mobile launch platform

Seattle tech exec Gordon Gardiner will face challenging task as OceanGate’s new CEO

A veteran of Seattle’s startup and investment scene, Gordon Gardiner, has been given the task of leading OceanGate through the… Read More

OceanGate suspends all exploration and commercial operations

Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate says it has suspended exploration and commercial operations following the loss of the company’s Titan submersible and… Read More

Ships at Titan sub search site, seen in June 22 satellite image

Coast Guard takes charge of the Titan sub investigation and debris recovery effort

The U.S. Coast Guard says it plans to recover debris from OceanGate’s Titan submersible, which was lost along with its… Read More

Podcast

OceanGate and Stockton Rush — the inside story, in his own words

“Our rule is, we risk capital — we don’t risk people.” That was a guiding principle for Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate,… Read More

Titan sub being tested

Now what? OceanGate sub tragedy sets off a torrent of questions without answers

It’s too soon to answer all the questions raised by this week’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible and its five-person… Read More

OceanGate's Titan submersible

OceanGate submersible and crew declared lost after discovery of debris near Titanic

After days of searching, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that the OceanGate submersible that went missing during a dive to… Read More

Aerial view of Titan submersible search site

Search team confirms hearing ‘banging’ noises at sea but haven’t found Titanic sub

Searchers are continuing to hear what they describe as “banging” noises as they monitor underwater sounds for signs of an… Read More

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush chats with GeekWire's Alan Boyle during a 2019 dive in the company's Cyclops submersible.

Here’s what it’s like to steer an OceanGate submersible … no, not the missing sub

The Titan submersible that has gone missing near the wreck of the Titanic isn’t the only sub in OceanGate’s fleet:… Read More

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush with Titan submersible during construction

Search for OceanGate’s missing Titanic sub widens; crew’s names come to light

The search for an OceanGate submersible that went out of contact during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic… Read More

OceanGate Titan submersible

OceanGate loses contact with submersible during dive to Titanic; search is underway

OceanGate’s Titan submersible has gone out of contact during one of its dives to the wreck of the Titanic, 12,500… Read More

Polar Prince at sea

Icebergs ahead? OceanGate plans to get an early start on this year’s Titanic dives

OceanGate Expeditions, which has conducted dives to the site of the Titanic shipwreck in 2021 and 2022, says it will… Read More

Titanic's bow, seen during OceanGate dive

OceanGate provides a guided video tour of Titanic shipwreck — and gets set to return

The latest film about the Titanic doesn’t show Leonardo DiCaprio standing up on the bow’s railings — instead, a single… Read More

Deep-sea life near Titanic

OceanGate explorers solve a 26-year-old mystery and document life near the Titanic

During an expedition to the Titanic back in 1996, submersible pilot PH Nargeolet noticed a curious sonar blip that was… Read More

Beyond the Titanic: OceanGate’s founder contemplates future deep-sea frontiers

When it comes to undersea adventures, can anything match seeing the 110-year-old wreck of the Titanic with your own eyes?… Read More

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