U.S. Coast Guard: Titanic-bound submersible suffered “catastrophic implosion”
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The Implosion of the Titan
DJ Vernega, former Ocean Gate subcontractor who worked on the development of Titan joins us now. He says there was a definite reason to pick carbon fiber, but it may not be the right material. The fact that this vehicle had gone down to the Titanic on a number of occasions had brought people down without failing in the past,. I'm wondering how you account for that, why failure now? Vernon Wimmer knew Hamish Harding and Stockton Rush well; he's involved with two missions attempting to reach them.
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