{"id":140575,"date":"2024-09-23T20:49:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/titan-submersible-co-founder-hopes-disaster-wont-be-end-of-deep-sea-exploring\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T20:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:49:23","slug":"titan-submersible-co-founder-hopes-disaster-wont-be-end-of-deep-sea-exploring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/titan-submersible-co-founder-hopes-disaster-wont-be-end-of-deep-sea-exploring\/","title":{"rendered":"Titan submersible co-founder hopes disaster won’t be end of deep-sea exploring"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The co-founder of OceanGate has said he hopes the Titan sub disaster won’t mark the end of deep-sea exploration.<\/p>\n

OceanGate chief Stockton Rush, British adventurer Hamish Harding, father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, and Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet died when the Titan sub<\/strong><\/a> imploded after it began its descent last June.<\/p>\n

Guillermo Sohnlein helped Mr Rush found the submersible company in 2009, but left OceanGate in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to a US Coast Guard public hearing investigating the doomed journey on Monday, Mr Sohnlein said he hopes the incident does not end interest in deep-sea exploring.<\/p>\n

“This can’t be the end of deep ocean exploration,” he said. “This can’t be the end of deep-diving submersibles, and I don’t believe that it will be.”<\/p>\n

In defence of the company, he said OceanGate wanted to create a fleet of four or five deep-diving submersibles capable of carrying five people to 6,000m deep.<\/p>\n

Mr Sohnlein said carbon fibre was used because the company wanted a lightweight and more affordable material, that did not need to be tethered to a specific mother ship.<\/p>\n

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He argued this was “not a novel idea” and said “people have looked at that before”.<\/p>\n

He denied that he or Mr Rush were “driven by tourism” or by the idea of exploring the Titanic – despite former operations director David Lochridge previously telling the hearing: “The whole idea behind the company was to make money<\/strong><\/a>“.<\/p>\n

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The Titan sub made its final dive to the Titanic wreckage on 18 June 2023, losing contact with the Polar Prince support ship around two hours later.<\/p>\n

Rescuers rushed ships, planes, and other equipment to an area around 435 miles (700km) south of St John’s, Newfoundland.<\/p>\n

The search for the Titan attracted global attention, and the wreckage was eventually found on the ocean floor<\/strong><\/a> around 300m from the Titanic, according to officials.<\/p>\n

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The hearing in Charleston County, South Carolina, is expected to last until 27 September and has already heard how the Titan sub malfunctioned multiple times.<\/p>\n

Fred Hagen, who had paid a fee to go on a dive in the Titan in 2021, said “all it could do was spin around in circles<\/strong><\/a>, making right turns” during an excursion.<\/p>\n

OceanGate scientific director Steven Ross also told the panel a platform issue earlier in June 2023 caused passengers to “tumble about”<\/strong><\/a> and left one “hanging upside down”. The sub imploded days later.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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