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The Guardian
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Titan sub: design flaws and company groupthink central to catastrophe, report finds
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- OceanGate was overcome by groupthink and confirmation bias, the report found.
- The Titan's carbon fiber hull accumulated damage from repeated deep-ocean dives.
- The company did not follow standard engineering practices for the novel design.
- Scale model tests failed at depths above the Titanic wreck.
- The hull's design had no precedent for human-occupied carbon fiber submersibles.
- All five passengers died instantly when the structure imploded near the Titanic wreck.
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