Titan Sub Disaster | Full Speed Ahead | 3
From American Scandal by Audible
April 7, 2026 · 39 min · Season 73 · Episode 3
About this episode
The episode discusses the safety concerns raised during the deep-sea testing of OceanGate's Titan submersible, which were ignored by CEO Stockton Rush, leading to potential disaster.
As OceanGate’s experimental submersible Titan begins deep-sea testing, engineers and industry experts raise urgent safety concerns—only to be ignored by CEO Stockton Rush. Driven by ambition and convinced the rules don’t apply to him, Rush pushes Titan deeper and deeper, setting the stage for catastrophe. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Topics covered
- submersible
- safety concerns
- deep-sea testing
- catastrophe
- engineering
- ambition
Keywords
- Titan
- submersible
- OceanGate
- Stockton Rush
- safety
- testing
- catastrophe
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: OceanGate
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