2021 Titanic submersible dive relied on flawed manual navigation system, causing fatal implosion.

A former OceanGate contractor, Antonella Wilby, testified in a U.S. Coast Guard hearing that the Titan submersible relied on a flawed manual navigation system during its fatal dive to the Titanic wreck last year. The method involved manually entering coordinate data into a notebook and then into an Excel spreadsheet, which raised safety concerns. Wilby faced backlash for suggesting improvements, and all five individuals aboard perished in the implosion.

September 23, 2024
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