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by 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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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.
If you mean wasn’t rated then yes.

It’s a shitshow from start to finish.

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