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by WillPostForFood 1100 days ago
It unexpectedly lost communications about 2 hours into its decent. That is a possible/probable point in time where something went wrong.
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jamiek88 1100 days ago
It’s also the point where they pass the depth that the porthole was rated for.

They got lucky with that until they didn’t.

They even fired a guy for whistle blowing about the porthole.

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hef19898 1100 days ago
Are you telling me, that the porthole of a DSV, intended to dive to the Titanic, was EDIT: not: rated for the depth the Titanic is at? This whole operation is getting sketchier by the minute...
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inferiorhuman 1099 days ago
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/20/a-whistleblower-raised-saf...

  The filing states that OceanGate refused to pay for the manufacturer to build
  a viewport that would meet the Titan’s intended depth of 4,000 meters. The
  Titanic lies about 3,800 meters below the surface.

  The filing also claims that hazardous flammable materials were being used
  within the submersible.
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jamiek88 1100 days ago
If you mean wasn’t rated then yes.

It’s a shitshow from start to finish.

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inferiorhuman 1100 days ago
They didn't want to spend the money to build a portal rated to 4000m.
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