# Titanic tourist submarine missing 6-19-2023 (Debris field found, passengers presumed dead. 06-22-23)

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Rush has been quoted a few times as saying that they had micro-sonic monitoring to alert them if cracks were developing.

James Cameron thinks that might have happened, as the reports are that they dropped the ballast to bring them to the surface.

Having a monitoring system that gives perhaps a minute’s notice that you’re away from total system failure does not strike this non-engineer as a particularly strong warning system.

> **[The Titan sub was likely trying to surface and the passengers probably knew...](https://www.insider.com/james-cameron-says-titan-sub-likely-tried-surfacing-before-imploded-2023-6)**
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> On Thursday, the Coast Guard said that OceanGate's Titan submersible imploded and that all passengers were presumed dead.

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