A report on the death of five people in the Titan submersible blames design, maintenance, and inspection flaws for its failure. “It all came back to Mr. Rush,” the head of the investigation told WIRED.

The catastrophic implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible that claimed five lives in June 2023 was entirely preventable, according to a damning report released by the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation.

The Titan submersible disaster could have been prevented, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report Tuesday that held OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush responsible for ignoring safety warnings, design flaws and crucial oversight which,