CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two years after passengers hoping for a glimpse of the Titanic wreckage lost their lives in the Titan submersible implosion off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a scathing report Tuesday, saying the tragedy should have never happened.

"This marine casualty and the loss of five lives was preventable," Titan Marine Board Investigation Chair Jason Neubauer said in a statement. "The two-year investigation has identified multiple contributing factors that led to this tragedy."

Among those factors, a 300-page report finds that the man who designed and piloted the Titan submersible, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, ignored safety warnings, skirted regulations and exhibited negligence.

Investigators say Rush would have likely faced criminal cha

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