![https://i.postimg.cc/HsgwDGkf/BDE-Capture-2.png](https://i.postimg.cc/HsgwDGkf/BDE-Capture-2.png) # Context On 18 June 2023, Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate, an American tourism and expeditions company, imploded during its descent in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 370 nautical miles (690 km) off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The submersible was carrying an expedition of tourists, including Hamish Harding, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood & son Suleman, and the founder of [OceanGate](OceanGate%20Expeditions.md), [Stockton Rush](Stockton%20Rush.md), to view the wreckage of Titanic. Communication with Titan was lost 1 hour and 45 minutes into its dive, and authorities were alerted when it failed to resurface at the scheduled time later that day. After a search lasting nearly 80 hours, a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) discovered a debris field containing parts of Titan, about 500 meters (1,600 ft) from the bow of the Titanic. The search area was informed by the United States Navy's (USN) sonar detection of an acoustic signature consistent with an implosion around the time communications with the submersible ceased, suggesting the pressure hull had imploded while Titan was descending, resulting in the instantaneous deaths of all five occupants. The search and rescue operation was conducted by an international team led by the United States Coast Guard (USCG), USN, and Canadian Coast Guard. Support was provided by aircraft from the Royal Canadian Air Force and United States Air National Guard, a Royal Canadian Navy ship, as well as several commercial and research vessels and ROVs. Numerous industry experts had raised concerns about the safety of the vessel. OceanGate executives, including its CEO Stockton Rush (one of the fatalities in the implosion), had not sought certification for Titan, arguing that excessive safety protocols hindered innovation. [^1] ## Timeline https://archive.is/GYE6M ## Reactions ### Sam Hyde on Lost Submarine Titan Sam Hyde discusses Titan. <center><iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/youtube-ZmomscdA2mk" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe></center> ## Datasheet <center><div style="left: 0; width: 70%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 60%;"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fia802702.us.archive.org%2F31%2Fitems%2F2023-titan-incident-overview%2F2023%20Titan%20Incident%20-%20Overview.pdf" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></center> ---- ![|100](https://i.postimg.cc/kMVCGn8R/BDE-Capture-2.png) ------ # Keep Digging %%Space%% ## Tags #TL/2023 #TL/June-2023 #OceanGate #TL/2020-2029 #TL/21st-Century ### Footnotes & References SQID Dashboard: <https://archive.is/tMyWJ> [^1]: Overview of 2023 Titan submersible incident pulled from **[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Titan_submersible_incident)** on 06-27-2023.