The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Pogue: OceanGate took hours to notify Coast Guard about missing Titan
“Why did it take them so long To notify the Coast Guard that the sub had gone missing. I think it was a number of hours.”
David Pogue Jun 27, 2023 ▶ 35:38 My Experience Aboard The OceanGate Sub — With David Pogue of CBS
Assertion Supported
Pogue: OceanGate shut off ship Wi-Fi when Titan lost contact
“During the time that the sub was lost on the seafloor, the CBS crew, and actually everybody else, was on the bridge of the ship with the control room people which is primarily Wendy Rush, Stockton's wife, ran the comms, and the various experts and scientists, …”
David Pogue Jun 27, 2023 ▶ 34:07 My Experience Aboard The OceanGate Sub — With David Pogue of CBS
Assertion Supported
Pogue: Titan had a 16-hour dissolving hook to surface automatically
“And one of these backup systems would work even if everyone inside was unconscious or dead. It was a time-release, sixteen-hour, dissolving sandbag hook.”
David Pogue Jun 27, 2023 ▶ 20:49 My Experience Aboard The OceanGate Sub — With David Pogue of CBS
Assertion Supported
Pogue: Titan hull is a 5-inch-thick carbon fiber cylinder
“The hull, of course, is a carbon fiber cylinder, five inches thick, and you may not drill anything into carbon fiber. You may not interrupt that surface.”
David Pogue Jun 27, 2023 ▶ 15:17 My Experience Aboard The OceanGate Sub — With David Pogue of CBS
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