NTSB report: Decryption of images from the Titan submersible camera [pdf] (2024)

Post by cloudbonsai » Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 4:45 AM UTC

pseudolus wrote: post #13

There's a fascinating and redacted interview with an "anonymous" subject about the disaster. To say the least it's an unsuccessful attempt to hide the identity of the individual: "Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible operations? A. Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic. When I set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did was arrange to be introduced to the head of t…

    If you ever find , he’s not going
    to have a whole lot of nice to say. He was very frustrated
    with the company. (...) And I understand why. He thought
    Stockton was going to kill himself.

    Now, the question is, why wouldn’t the engineer get inside
    his own vehicle? It was because of what I felt -- and I have a
    background in Navy diving in EOD operations. I knew firsthand
    that the operations group was not the right group for that role,
    and I told him as much, that I don’t trust operations and who he
    has there.

Post by idontwantthis » Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 5:06 AM UTC

cloudbonsai wrote: post #22

pseudolus wrote: post #13

There's a fascinating and redacted interview with an "anonymous" subject about the disaster. To say the least it's an unsuccessful attempt to hide the identity of the individual: "Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible operations? A. Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic. When I set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did was arrange to be introduced to the head of t…

Among the interviews, one with the former engineering director was the most eye-opening for me. https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17236880&Fi... It appears that all the engineers -- system designer, material engineer and structural analyst -- thought that OceanGate CEO was going to kill himself: If you ever find , he’s not going to have a whole lot of nice to say. He was very frustrated with the compan…

Post by djmips » Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 5:29 AM UTC

cloudbonsai wrote: post #17

watersb wrote: post #5

The SD card on the camera was intact but encrypted. Decrypting the data required a key stored on a separate SOM board, but the SOM was damaged. The investigation team delivered the SOM and SD card to the camera manufacturer in Newfoundland, and they were able to decrypt the card. They found a couple of images, but No data with a timestamp after May 16th was found on the camera, so it is likely that none of the data r…

> No data with a timestamp after May 16th was found on the camera, so it is likely that none of the data recorded on the SD Card were of the accident voyage or dive. Evidently the camera data was recorded to an external SSD card in the mission computer when the accident occurred. The investigation team actually managed to salvage the PC as well: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19169363&Fi... Sadly it…

Post by buildbot » Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 5:40 AM UTC

daemonologist wrote: post #8

rozab wrote: post #7

What's with the entire dev board crammed in there? Is that... normal? What board is it?

It appears to be a Teensy 3.2 The "carrier" that everything rides on within the housing is clearly FDM printed as well. I assume these cameras (rated to 6,000 meters) are rather low volume products.

Post by maybelsyrup » Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 5:46 AM UTC

vlovich123 wrote: post #21

vlovich123 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let’s hear from L Simpson. No, that’s too specific. Let’s hear from Lisa S.

Took me forever to find the actual quote - ChatGPT and Gemini kept trying to gaslight me that it’s not a real quote or that Willie said it to Bart until I gave the exact quote (at which point normal search engines were fine): > A certain agitator, for privacy's sake, let's call her Lisa S. No, that's too obvious, let's say L. Simpson. Lisa the Vegetarian