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An 1851 maritime law protected the Titanic’s owners in court. Could OceanGate use it too?

The owners of Titanic sought to limit liability following the ship’s sinking by petitioning under 1851 legislation. The owners of the submersible lost on its dive to visit that famed ship’s wreckage may do the same thing, legal experts tell Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

OceanGate CEO said he was ‘personally insulted’ by ‘baseless cries’ about Titanic sub’s deadly safety flaws

‘In your race to (the) Titanic you are mirroring that famous catch cry: “She is unsinkable”,’ former OceanGate consultant warned Rush in 2018

The Independent UK

Titanic sub CEO Stockton Rush dismissed safety fears as ‘baseless’, emails show

Stockton Rush, one of the five who died in the trip to Titanic site, had dismissed expert’s concerns, messages show

Evening Standard

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Submersible chief executive 'dismissed safety concerns over deep-sea vessel'

Stockton Rush was one of the five people who died in the implosion

Wales Online

Emails show submersible chief executive dismissed safety concerns over vessel

Stockton Rush was one of the five killed in the fatal implosion.

The Independent UK

‘They are heroes’: Boris Johnson hits out at ‘lefties’ questioning Titanic sub trip

Former prime minister tees off at doubters towards mission to Titanic

The Independent UK

James Cameron knew about the Titanic sub implosion days before it was found. This is why

James Cameron’s insights into the Titan submersible tragedy caught many by surprise. But the ‘Titanic’ filmmaker has been immersed in the deep-sea exploration community for decades, Bevan Hurley writes

The Independent UK

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James Cameron says the Titan passengers probably knew the submersible was in trouble

The Titanic director has made 33 dives to the shipwreck and visited ocean depths in a submersible he built himself. He compares OceanGate to the Titanic in that both ignored safety warnings.

WEKU

Mystery implosion, ‘false hope’ rescue and search for blame: Nine looming questions in Titanic sub catastrophe

Desperate search for the missing Titanic submersible came to a tragic end when debris was discovered deep in the ocean. But, we still don’t know many crucial aspects of the doomed voyage. Rachel Sharp, Io Dodds and Bevan Hurley report

The Independent UK

Texts reveal how OceanGate CEO tried to sell cut-price trip on doomed Titanic sub: ‘Safer than crossing the street’

An investor claims he raised safety concerns to the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions but was met with reassurance

The Independent UK

Co-founder defends Titanic expeditions company after deadly vessel implosion

OceanGate Expeditions’ co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein said regulations for Titanic wreckage visits are ‘tricky to navigate’.

The Independent UK

Chilling moment OceanGate co-founder discovers Titan submarine wreckage has been found

During a live TV interview, Guillermo Sohnlein, co-founder of OceanGate, learns that debris from the missing Titan submersible has been discovered

Daily Mirror

OceanGate CEO believed Titanic sub ‘safer than crossing street’ says tycoon who turned down places on doomed trip

Stockton Rush was offering last-minute places on board Titan for $150,000, businessman says

Evening Standard

Titan submersible pilot had connection to famous Titanic victims

According to archival records belonging to the New York Times, Rush's wife Wendy is a descendent of Ida and Isidor Straus

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Daily Mirror

Doctor shares what would have happened to crew when Titanic submarine imploded

Former Navy doctor Dr Dale Molé explained that the people on board Titan would have died suddenly and painlessly as their submarine experienced a catastrophic implosion

Daily Mirror

Tycoon says he gave up his seats on doomed Titanic submarine for Brit and teenage son

Jay Bloom and his son Sean were offered a "last minute price" to join the Titan submarine by CEO Stockton Rush but doubts over the vessel's safety led to the pair turning them down

Evening Standard

Discovery Channel host refused Titan submersible trip due to ‘safety concerns’

A Discovery Channel presenter says he turned down an offer to film on OceanGate’s Titan submersible over safety concerns.

The Independent UK

CEO of doomed Titan sub hoped to land billion dollar deals with oil and gas companies

Stockton Rush was killed instantly in a “catastrophic implosion” aboard the doomed submersible

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The Independent UK

Family of billionaire explorer on Titanic sub say instant death from implosion was ‘best outcome’

Chief executive of expedition company repeatedly dismissed safety warnings about vessel, emails reveal

The Guardian - UK

We were afraid for the Titan five. But this story generated an uglier emotion, too: excitement

Passengers aboard the sub lost on a dive to the Titanic became characters in a tragic drama. The rest of us were spectators, says Guardian assistant letters editor Bryony Clarke

The New Daily

The bodies of Titan’s passengers and their doomed vessel’s wreckage may never be recovered

The debris of the submersible that launched a three-day search was discovered on Friday morning, but questions remain on salvaging it.

Fortune

‘You’re remembered for the rules you break’: OceanGate CEO who was piloting the Titan admitted in 2021 that the sub’s construction had ‘broken some rules’

OceanGate was warned that the Titan, which suffered a “catastrophic implosion” on its journey to see the Titanic shipwreck, had serious design flaws.

Al Jazeera

What is a catastrophic implosion? All about the Titanic sub

Passengers onboard Titan submersible are believed dead after search finds pieces of the vessel near wreck of Titanic.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: number of Britons who want to rejoin EU highest since 2016

Data showed 58% would vote to re-enter bloc, while more respondents trust the European Commission over the UK government than vice versa. Plus, the 1,572 US politicians who have helped ban abortion

The Independent UK

Regulations around Titanic trips ‘tricky to navigate’, says OceanGate co-founder

The Titan submersible is believed to have imploded on its way to the Titanic wreckage, killing five people.

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