The company had already received several safety issues regarding its Titanic submersible. Now, it’s too late. | via philstarlife
from the company itself tried to raise concerns to the higher-ups in 2018 about the Titan's design and the company's protocol for testing the hull's reliability.
In his legal filing, he stated that the company could"subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible." According to their 2018 letter, the group took a swipe at how OceanGat advertised that the materials used to build the Titan would meet or exceed a certification called DNV-GL, which is considered the ideal metric for marine equipment.
The tiny tourist craft went missing in the North Atlantic on June 18 after the sealed craft lost contact with its operator, OceanGate Expeditions.
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