Some disasters leave you with questions. This one leaves you with some grief and anger too. 26 months after OceanGate’s Titan sub imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, the U.S. Coast Guard has dropped a report that makes the tragedy look less like an accident and more like a slow-motion train wreck everyone saw coming.

Five people lost their lives 2½ miles under the North Atlantic. They weren’t just exploring history. They were trusting a company that, according to investigators, played games with the rules, silenced its own people, and gambled with human life.

The Coast Guard’s 300-page report reads like a case study in hubris. Jason Neubauer, who led the investigation, didn’t mince words. “This marine casualty and the loss of five lives was preventable,” he said Tuesday. P

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