A 2025 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report concluded that faulty engineering resulted in the construction of a carbon fiber composite pressure vessel that contained multiple anomalies and failed to meet necessary strength and durability requirements.
October 15, 2025
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Finding reported in the NTSB final report on the hull failure and implosion of the Titan submersible.
A 2025 NTSB report found that inadequate testing by an operator can result in unawareness of a pressure vessel's true durability prior to human-occupied dives.
October 15, 2025
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Report finding emphasizing the safety importance of adequate testing of human-occupied pressure vessels, based on the NTSB investigation into the Titan submersible.