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A new report by the US Coast Guard has revealed that severe safety lapses and negligence were responsible for the tragic implosion of the Titan submersible, which killed five people in June 2023, including Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his teenage son Suleman Dawood.
According to the findings, the Titan a deep sea submarine operated by OceanGate Expeditions suffered from fundamentally flawed design, lack of regulatory oversight, and gross mismanagement.
These failures ultimately led to the vessel’s catastrophic failure during its descent to the wreckage site of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean.
“Engineering protocols for maintenance, inspection, and safety were not followed,” the Coast Guard report stated, calling the sub’s construction and oversight “disorganized and dangerously unregulated.”
The US Navy previously confirmed that the Titan imploded shortly after losing contact, just hours into its descent on June 18, 2023.
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One of the most damning revelations was that employees who raised safety concerns were dismissed, pointing to a culture of suppression and recklessness within OceanGate.
The report directly holds the late CEO Stockton Rush who was also aboard accountable for “criminal negligence,” citing his decisions as pivotal in the disaster.
This marks the first official confirmation of the structural and managerial failures that doomed the vessel and its passengers.
The tragedy sparked global attention, especially in Pakistan, where the Dawood family remains a prominent philanthropic and business household.
