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On 18 June 2023, Titan, a submersible operated by the American tourism and expeditions company OceanGate, imploded during an expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Aboard the submersible were Stockton Rush, the American chief executive officer of OceanGate; Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a French deep-sea explorer and Titanic expert; Hamish Harding, a British businessman; Shahzada Dawood, a Pakistani-British businessman; and Dawood's son, Suleman.

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00:00There was no way of knowing when Titan was going to fail, but it was a mathematical certainty that it would fail.
00:15Stockton saw an opportunity to restart tourist visits to Titanic.
00:21Stockton fully believed in what he was doing and that it would work.
00:24He wanted fame.
00:26To fuel his ego, fame.
00:29I have no desire to die.
00:33I understand this kind of risk.
00:36I thought Stockton was a borderline psychopath.
00:38How do you manage a person like that who owns the company?
00:43This is one of the safest things I will ever do.
00:45If nobody spoke up, it would ruin somebody's life.
00:48Stockton said Bonnie is going to be our next lead pilot.
00:52Are you nuts? I'm an accountant.
00:59No one's dying under my watch.
01:06Period.
01:07Period.
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