#321 The Tale of Delusions of Grandeur: The Folly of Stockton Rush [Part 2]

About this episode

The episode discusses the events surrounding the loss of communication with the Titan submersible during its dive to the Titanic wreckage.

On Father's Day here in the United States two summers ago...it was Sunday, June 18, 2023 when news broke that a ship that departed the coast of Newfoundland had lost communication with a manned submersible it had towed out to the Titanic wreckage dive site and that if failed to resurface at its planned time of 3 p.m. When it was reported that the submersible, named Titan, had a supply of oxygen that would last about 96 hours, the majority of the world became transfixed on the search and...

Topics covered

• submersible
• Titan
• Titanic wreckage
• search and rescue
• delusions of grandeur

Keywords

• Father's Day
• Stockton Rush
• ocean exploration
• tragedy

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Titanic, Titan

Books & works: The Tale of Delusions of Grandeur: The Folly of Stockton Rush

Places: the United States, Newfoundland

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