Boeing and University of Washington say they had NOTHING to do with the building of OceanGate's Tita

[littlemissmartypants]

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Boeing and University of Washington say they had NOTHING to do with the building of OceanGate's Titan... despite the embattled company's claims

By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com
01:48 EDT 22 Jun 2023 , updated 08:17 EDT 22 Jun 2023

OceanGate Expeditions has repeatedly claimed that Boeing, NASA and the University of Washington were involved in designing their submersible.

The submersible went missing on Sunday with five people on board, and is expected to run out of air by 7am on Thursday
On Wednesday, both Boeing and the University of Washington confirmed that they had not been involved in the submersible's design.

Boeing and the University of Washington denied being involved in the design of the missing Titanic tourist submersible - despite OceanGate's repeatedly boasting of their collaboration.

OceanGate Expeditions stated on its website that the sub, named Titan, was designed with the help of Boeing, the University of Washington and NASA.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12221671/Boeing-University-Washington-say-OceanGates-Titan.html

[MagickMuffin]

1. Well they should sue for defamation

But who wouldn’t want to purchase a ticket knowing NASA, Boeing and UW helped design and building it, I guess more research was needed.

I myself would have took one look at that thing and backed out when told I’d be bolted in from the outside with no escape mechanism.

I want a refund!

[Recycle_Guru]

2. surprise surprise! they are also liars

besides being criminally negligent in the design/build of their PlayStation tube.

[JI7]

3. That would give them credibility among many

and Make people think it was safer than it actually is.

[sanatanadharma]

4. Both were on an Ocean Gate page (with others) as partners

This does not confirm nor negate (as far as I know) any claimed involvement in design engineering.

As of this moment I can not open any of the Ocean Gate links I posted in Titan threads these past days. They all, and my bookmark, return a Cloudflare.com Ocean Gate Host error.

This other site did open today, though very slowly as on previous days. It is like their 'sales page' with a shopping cart.
https://oceangateexpeditions.com/

[sanatanadharma]

5. Linked from the posted page, I quote the web site

"The state-of-the-art vessel, designed and engineered by OceanGate Inc. in collaboration experts from NASA, Boeing and the University of Washington, made its subsea debut in 2018. Through the innovative use of modern materials, Titan is lighter, more spacious, and more comfortable than any other deep-diving submersible exploring the ocean today."

Source

[littlemissmartypants]

6. The statements by Boeing and U of Washington do most definitely

"negate...any claimed involvement in design engineering."

Boeing and University of Washington say they had NOTHING to do with the building of OceanGate's Titan... despite the embattled company's claims

It's the crux of the article.

Thanks for the reply.