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.

A lengthy report released by the US Coast Guard Tuesday identified glaring issues with the Titan submersible and the company that ran it, a little more than two years after five people were killed when the deep-sea craft imploded on its way to the Titanic wreckage.

The United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation has released its final report on the company responsible for operating the Titan submersible, which imploded two years ago while attempting to dive to the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board.