A side view of the Titan submersible, a large white cylindrical vessel with a rounded grey front that has a single porthole in water.
The Titan submersible in water.
  • The Titan submersible's implosion was one of the worst technology failures of 2023. 
  • As the coverage played out, it became clear that much of the disaster could have been prevented.
  • Hopefully, in 2024, innovation can avoid the kind of hubris that brought down the sub's mastermind.

In the summer of 2023, our minds went to the terrifying depths of the Atlantic as we waited four long days to find out what had happened to the Titan submersible and its five passengers on their way to the Titanic wreckage.