62: OceanGate Titan
From Causality by The Engineered Network
February 2, 2026 · 39 min · Season 1 · Episode 62
About this episode
The episode discusses OceanGate's innovative yet controversial approach to deep sea exploration and the tragic implosion of their submersible.
A young company pushing to re-invent deep sea exploration with an initial focus on opening up tourism to the wreck of the Titanic, OceanGate garnered the fascination of many around the world. With a different approach to their hull design they forged ahead despite many warnings from experts in the field, concerned about their design decisions and materials choices. When the submersible imploded killing all five aboard including the company CEO, the experts were only surprised about how OceanGate had got as far as they had...before it all went horribly wrong.
Topics covered
- deep sea exploration
- Titanic tourism
- submersible design
- safety concerns
- tragedy
Keywords
- OceanGate
- Titanic
- deep sea
- submersible
- implosion
- tourism
- safety
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: OceanGate
Places: Titanic
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