The Titan submersible implosion that killed five people occurred in large part because operator OceanGate had failed to follow "established engineering protocols for safety, testing, and maintenance" of the vessel, a U.S. Coast Guard report finds.

The big picture: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush may have faced criminal charges if he hadn't been killed during the "preventable tragedy" that occurred during a June 2023 diving trip to the wreck of the Titanic, according to the damning report that was published Tuesday. • The incident in the North Atlantic Ocean sparked a massive search and rescue operation for the tourist submersible. Remains were later found and taken to St. John's in Newfoundland, Canada.

Zoom in: The investigation found the key contributing factors to the tragedy were Ocean

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