Titan sub: design flaws and company groupthink central to catastrophe, report finds (opens in new tab)

Canadian safety officials find structural defects in material used for hull and say company failed to fully test ‘novel’ designCanadian safety officials on the catastrophic final voyage of the Titan submersible, finding that the US company behind the expedition was overcome by “groupthink” and “confirmation bias” and failed to understand the profound risks confronting their largely untested craft.The 6.7 metre (22ft) carbon fibre submersible dipped below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean in J...