![Family sues OceanGate for over million, citing "terror and mental anguish" before the Titan submersible's implosion.](https://san.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Titan-Lawsuit-CLEAN-GETTY.jpg?w=1920)
[KARAH RUCKER]
THE FAMILY OF THE FRENCH EXPLORER WHO DIED WHEN THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE IMPLODED DURING A DEEP DIVE TO THE WRECKAGE OF THE TITANIC IS SUING FOR MORE THAN 50 MILLION DOLLARS… SAYING THE CREW of FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD EXPERIENCED “TERROR AND MENTAL ANGUISH” BEFORE THE DISASTER — AND ACCUSING OCEANGATE, THE SUB’S OPERATOR, OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE.
AFTER THE JUNE 20-23 INCIDENT — WHEN THE VESSEL IMPLODED DUE TO CATASTROPHIC PRESSURE LOSS — WE LEARNED INDUSTRY EXPERTS HAD RAISED SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT YEARS EARLIER.
THE LAWSUIT ALSO ALLEGES OCEANGATE FAILED TO DISCLOSE THE TITAN’S FLAWS AND PURPOSELY CONCEALED ANY ISSUES FROM FRENCH EXPLORER PAUL HENRI NARGEOLET
IT ALSO SAYS NARGEOLET — WHO HAD TAKEN PART IN 37 DIVES TO THE TITANIC WRECKAGE, MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD — WOULD NOT HAVE GONE ON THE VOYAGE IF HE’D KNOWN ABOUT THE TITAN’S ISSUES.
THE IMPLOSION KILLED FOUR OTHER PEOPLE — INCLUDING OCEANGATE’S C-E-O.
THIS IS THE FIRST LAWSUIT TO BE FILED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISASTER.