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The Titan deaths were utterly avoidable

23 June 2023

10:59 PM

23 June 2023

10:59 PM

When the news broke that the Titan submersible was missing, naval experts immediately recognised that the chances of saving the lives of those on board were, realistically, tantamount to non-existent.

With rare agreement, they swiftly concluded that the kindest outcome for the five passengers would be that the submersible had imploded.

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