The deadly implosion of the Titan submersible raises questions about if the vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage was destined for its own disaster due to its unconventional design and the lack of safety checks that are standard in the industry.
that began Sunday when the vessel first lost contact with its mother ship in the unforgiving North Atlantic.
The 22-foot long, 23,000-pound Titan's larger internal volume — while still cramped with a maximum of five seated people — meant it was subjected to more external pressure. Each trip would put tiny cracks in structure, he said. "This might be small and undetectable to start but would soon become critical and produce rapid and uncontrollable growth."
But carbon composites have limited life when subject to excessive loads or poor design which leads to stress concentrations, Graham-Jones said. "We were very afraid that without that certification process, they might be missing something," Will Kohnen, the organizations chairman said Friday. He sent a letter to the company in 2018 warning that its "current experimental approach ... could result in negative outcomes that would have serious consequences for everyone in the industry."
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