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No regulatory bodies had approved of the Titan, as recorded by the waiver which also stated that the sub was "constructed of materials that have not been widely used for manned submersibles."
OceanGate indicated in the liability waiver how many times the submersible dived the 3,800 meters below the Atlantic where the Titanic lies.
The Titan sub reached the depth of the Titanic wreck on 13 of 90 dives, the passenger waiver said.This meant OceanGate's success rate might have been as low
He had contacted the operator asking if it would be safe to dive to the wreck on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean