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Jul 2023
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Submarine Disasters - Squalus and The Ti...

Jasmin Charlotte
About this episode

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we will be covering submarines and submarine disasters including how they are rescued, we will cover the Squalus rescue from 1937 and the very recent OceanGate Titan disaster from June 2023. 

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Sources:
James Camerons Deepsea Challenge - Amazon Prime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_rescue

Titan:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-titan-submersible-was-an-accident-waiting-to-happen

https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Mission-Titanic-part-3

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/22/timeline-oceangate-founding-expedition-history/70344305007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titanic-visiting-the-most-famous-shipwreck-in-the-world/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-27/what-happens-next-with-oceangate-titan-submersible/102523732

https://www.reddit.com/r/OceanGateTitan/comments/14olxkh/a_rubiks_cube_thick_socks_and_giddy_anticipation/

Squalus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sailfish_(SS-192)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCann_Rescue_Chamber

https://eu.fosters.com/story/news/2019/05/19/squalus-sinking-tragedy-and-triumph/5118683007/

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/squalus-ss-192/squalus-ss-192-sinking-rescure-of-survivors-and-salvage.html

These Terrible Hours - Peter Maas 

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