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Why were Passengers Allowed on Experimental Titan Sub?

The 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible shocked the world. In collaboration with Radio-Canada’s program, Enquête,

The Fifth Estate’s Mark Kelley investigates how an experimental sub was allowed to take passengers to one of the most unforgiving places in the ocean to explore the Titanic wreck.


Also, how they did it via the port in St. John's Newfoundland, one of the most monitored and regulated harbours in Canada. 


00:00 - Stockton Rush pitches OceanGate

11:57 - Inside a sub: How safe is it?

21:30 - Firsthand: What it’s like to dive in the Titan

24:51 - Taxiing in Newfoundland and Titan’s Canadian support ship

34:31 - The hours after communication was lost 

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