2023-06-23 11:39:00
Since the disappearance of the Titan submarine on Sunday, the company organizing the expeditions with this submersible, OceanGate, has been singled out. Critics point to an “experimental design” for the device, which was constructed from titanium and carbon and not a mixture of steel and titanium like most submarines. These unusual materials made the Titan very light compared to other submersibles (less than 10 tons) but are they also the cause of its implosion and therefore the death of the five passengers? The too weak resistance of the hull of the submarine against the immense pressure of the ocean, at 4000 meters deep, is in any case pointed by specialists as the cause of the drama.
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And yet, the simplicity of construction of the OceanGate submarine had been praised by Paul-Henri Nargeolet, the French explorer who perished in the implosion of the Titan. In a promotional video posted on the company’s Youtube channel, the 77-year-old Titanic enthusiast said the submersible “was very well done, because it’s very simple.” “There are normally a lot of controls and buttons” in a sub, but in this one you only work on a screen and keyboard. This makes everything very simple”, he explained in his testimony, also rejoicing at being an active member of the crew on board: “You are not in the passenger seat waiting for time to pass and watching outside”, enthused Paul-Henri Nargeolet, “you are really a member of the team, and that’s great”.
The French explorer was indeed above all intrigued by what OceanGate was offering, by this unique and experimental submarine. He had confessed to a friend, some time before leaving to observe the Titanic, that he was “doubtful” but that he “want to see how it works”.
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