With the U.S. Coast Guard hearing about OceanGate's ill-fated Titan submersible underway, experts say the case could lead to stricter regulations in the future.
As this week's U.S. Coast Guard hearing uncovers more details about OceanGate's ill-fated Titan submersible expedition, experts tell Fox News Digital that the case could lead to stricter regulations for future companies offering private undersea explorations. 'The NTSB may want to examine the whole issue of certifying ‘millionaire thrill rides,’' former National Transportation Safety Board investigator Alan Diehl told Fox News Digital. Last June, U.K.
Robert A. Sanders, a former U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps captain and current professor at the University of New Haven, told Fox News Digital that the Titan tragedy highlighted the dangers of combining experimental technology with private enterprise. 'It's designed as an experimental thing. They're testing new limits to do new things, but they were simultaneously using it as a commercial moneymaking venture, which was endangering the public,' Sanders said.
At Tuesday's hearing, Lochridge described the Titan's hull as resembling 'porous paper' and said he was taken aback at the decision to reuse components like domes, acrylic parts and interior elements of the vessel. He said the sub's viewport and dome ceilings deviated from standard design and that he was 'appalled' by its O-ring seals, calling the vessel 'an abomination of a sub.
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