OceanGate, Excel
'Absolutely idiotic': An Excel spreadsheet was used for tragic OceanGate Titan submersible's navigation
During a recent US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation hearing, Wilby revealed that OceanGate relied on an Excel spreadsheet to map the submersible’s navigation. Furthermore, the data was manually entered by hand into the Excel spreadsheet.
A contractor says OceanGate tracked the Titan submersible using an 'idiotic' navigation method that involved pen, paper, and Excel
A former OceanGate contractor said that the company used a partially manual system to track the submersible.They would first transcribe the details into a notebook and then transfer it to Excel, she said.
OceanGate Co-founder to Testify on Titan Submersible Tragedy
Guillermo Sohnlein, the OceanGate co-founder, will testify before the US Coast Guard in relation to the Titan submersible tragedy.
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LIVE: Top OceanGate official testifies at Titan submersible hearing
Amber Bay, the former director of administration at OceanGate, is set to testify on the sixth day of the U.S. Coast Guard's public hearing into the loss of the Titan
How is OceanGate and the Titan submersible connected to Washington state?
OceanGate Expeditions is the company that constructed and operated the Titan submersible. The company, based in Everett, drew on expertise from the University of Washington and Washington State University to help construct its marquee underwater vehicle designed to take paying customers to view the wreckage of the Titanic.
OceanGate’s Titan submarine relied on ‘idiotic’ Excel spreadsheet
A hearing into OceanGate’s Titan sub, which imploded during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic last year, revealed that its navigation system allegedly relied on team members manually inputting the coordinate data into a spreadsheet in order to track the vessel.
OceanGate employee pushes back against idea of 'desperation' to complete missions
Testimony throughout the hearing has focused on the troubled nature of the company that owned the submersible that imploded ...
OceanGate co-founder says he hopes submersible tragedy yields renewed interest in exploration
Though Sohnlein left the Washington company years ago, he spoke in defense of its efforts in the aftermath of the submersible ...
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After Titan's implosion, OceanGate co-founder advocates for ocean access
The co-founder of the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic ...
OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein testifying in Titan submersible implosion investigation
The surviving co-founder of the company that owned the doomed Titan submersible is testifying Monday as a US Coast Guard ...
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OceanGate co-founder says he hopes submersible implosion renews interest in deep sea exploration
Businessman Guillermo Sohnlein, who helped found OceanGate with Stockton Rush, told a Coast Guard panel on Monday that "this ...
OceanGate co-owner to testify to Coast Guard Monday about Titan submersible disaster
Businessman Guillermo Sohnlein founded Titan owner OceanGate with Stockton Rush, who was among the five people who died when ...
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OceanGate co-founder to testify at Coast Guard hearing on submersible implosion
The Coast Guard opened a public hearing earlier this month that is part of a high-level investigation into the cause of the ...
OceanGate’s former top engineer says cost concerns shortchanged Titan sub’s safety
Cost concerns played a role in decisions that may have led to the loss of the Titan sub and its crew, OceanGate's former top ...