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June 23, 2023

Search for Missing Tourists Ends as Debris from Sub Is Found Near Wreckage of Titanic
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In the Atlantic Ocean, rescue crews have called off a multinational,
multimillion-dollar operation to locate five people aboard the missing
Titan submersible after debris from the vehicle was discovered Thursday
near the wreckage of the Titanic. Engineers say the sub's operator,
Ocean Gate, failed to properly account for design failures in the
submersible, which was never certified to withstand the crushing
pressures of the deep ocean. It's believed the sub's pilot, Ocean Gate
CEO Stockton Rush, died instantly along with four passengers who paid
$250,000 each for the adventure. This is Rush speaking in a 2022
documentary by a Mexican filmmaker.

Stockton Rush: "I'd like to be remembered as an innovator. I think it
was General Mac Arthur who said, 'You're remembered for the rules you
break.' And, you know, I've broken some rules to make this. I think I've
broken them with logic and good engineering behind me. The carbon fiber
and titanium, there's a rule you don't do that. Well, I did."

The Wall Street Journal reports that a top-secret U.S. Navy acoustic
detection system designed to spot enemy submarines heard what the U.S.
Navy suspected was the Titan submersible implosion, just hours after it
began its voyage.


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