Implosion of the Titan: “My father served as a bait to attract tourists”

The US investigation report on the implosion of the Titan submarine, which was unveiled on Tuesday, was long-awaited. However, For the daughter of the French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet. For example, who lost his life aboard the Titan in June 2023, this report “grinds the wound a little”, although she still feels a lot of “rage”.

Sidonie Nargeolet believes that the notoriety of her father was instrumentalized by the company Oceangate, which operated the Titan. Similarly, Paul-Henri Nargeolet was a very famous specialist in Titanic who visited the wreck 37 times, more than any other person.

My father served as a bait to attract tourists. Therefore, It made people want to go there and it gave confidence [au submersible et à OceanGate]. Therefore, My father was fooledshe confides, moved, in an interview with Radio-Canada.

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The conclusions of this report overwhelming him agree somewhere By confirming the responsibility of Oceangate. his boss, Stockton Rush.

It is implosion titan: “my father served not that we are sad to have lost our father. because it was an unpredictable accident. The investigation shows that it was something completely avoidable.

The Coastal Guard Maritime Inquiry Bureau indeed attributes the responsibility of the implosion to the negligence of Oceangate. According to the Coast Guard. The Titan’s real -time surveillance system had generated data that should have been analyzed and used during shipping [antérieure] on the Titanic, in 2022.

The implosion of the Titan is a case of negligence: interview with Sidonie Nargeolet

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In search of justice – Implosion titan: "my father served

Sidonie Nargeolet still wonders about the inaction of Stockton Rush. co -founder of Oceangate and designer of the Titan, who had ignored several alarm signals before the fatal expedition. How is it that he played with people’s lives like that? Stockton Rush is a part, with Paul-Henri Nargeolet, of the five passengers who died during the implosion.

The Nargeolet family continues Oceangate for American $ 50 million (almost $ 70 million CA).

Despite the conclusions of the investigation, Sidonie Nargeolet still doubts that justice can be done. I don’t know if justice day will be done. Can we talk about justice when people died? They will not come back in any implosion titan: “my father served case. At least wrongs have been officially recognized.

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The investigation of the American Coast Guard also points to a toxic work culture Within Oceangate. where employees were dissuaded to report security problems. These conclusions join the numerous testimonies that Sidonie Nargeolet has heard in the past two years.

She salutes the implosion titan: “my father served speech of the engineer David Lochridge. The former Oceangate Maritime Operations Director had denounced design failures in an inspection and quality control report of the Titan. It is someone who had a lot of courage to want to denounce thisshe underlines.

With the information of Julie Dufresne and the Agency France-Presse