[LukeL]

I thought all vessels had to be certified by the coastguard or government they are registered with.

[Red Badger]

Apparently not this type.......................

[cableguymn]

I think it was “experimental” so I am not sure the same rules apply.

[GOPJ]

International waters... Also most ships have their feet held to the fire by the folks who insure them - not by the flags they sail under.

My guess is the company was NOT able to get insurance. Companies that insure ships don’t mess around ...

[Boogieman]

“I thought all vessels had to be certified by the coastguard or government they are registered with.”

Well, what if they just didn’t register it?

Checkmate, governments!

[Tijeras_Slim]

It was only used in international waters. A loophole I suppose.

[SJackson]

In 2022, CBS reporter David Pogue ventured on the Titan to see the Titanic—he had to sign a waiver before diving that said the submersible was “experimental” and “had not been approved by any regulatory body.”

Also from the article.

The Titan is operated from the inside by a single round button that turns from red to green when pushed: “It should be like an elevator,” CEO Stockton Rush told Pogue in 2022, adding: “It shouldn’t take a lot of skill.”

Later in the video, Rush points to some piping inside the vessel saying he purchased it from RV supplier Camping World, and says “we run the whole thing” using a video game controller—Pogue also shows the vessel uses construction pipes as ballast.

[larrytown]

I thought all vessels had to be certified by the coastguard or government they are registered with.

I'm guessing that there are some ticketholders that should have asked that very question...