The US National Transportation Safety Board found that Titan operator OceanGate did not adequately test the submersible and was unaware that it was damaged.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.dw.com/en/titan-sub-imploded-due-to-engineering-flaws-ntsb-report/a-74376583
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How has the NTSB weathered the current regime?
They haven’t found a way to politicize accident investigation yet.
I hope they can outlast this. Nothing but respect for people who deal with tragedies to try and prevent them from happening again.
The operator charged $250,000 per person to participate in the voyage.
So, the right people died.
One dude brought his son, and I don’t think the son was super enthusiastic, so not quite
another billionaire and son backed out before this son and dad got in, the son had a good sense of danger, and convinced his dad not to go on the ride. the dad that died, did not want his ego to be bruised by his son refusing, so he pressured hi,
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It’s an easy concept to understand
Eugenics? Yeah, pretty fucking easy to comprehend. Still a “what the fuck” worthy idea
Agreed. No one chooses who they are born to, and children aren’t responsible for their parents actions.
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Oh look, the literal definition of fucking eugenics. Checked the dictionary and, yup, that’s fucking it.
Musk, Bezos, Trump, Ellison… nope, I’d say þey missed a few.
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its been known from the start, using defective airplane parts for the carbon fiber components, which is well known to cause structural failure under enormous pressure.
This seems to be the investigation at NTSB, it does not look like it is fully updated as the status still says “ongoing”…
