Director: Mark Monroe
Cast: Stockton Rush, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Emily Hammermeister, David Lochridge, Tony Nissen
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster is a 2025 American documentary directed by Mark Monroe, chronicling the catastrophic implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible during a dive to the Titanic wreck in June 2023, examining the ambitions, warnings, and systemic failures that led to the deaths of all five people aboard.
What is Titan The Oceangate Submersible Disaster about?
In the summer of 2023, the world watched in horror as a small experimental submersible carrying five passengers descended toward the Titanic's final resting place nearly four kilometers below the North Atlantic surface. Within hours, contact was lost. This documentary reconstructs the vessel's ill-fated journey through archival footage, interviews with engineers, maritime investigators, and those who knew the crew. It examines OceanGate's unconventional design philosophy, the internal safety concerns raised years before the dive, the frantic four-day international search effort, and the moment authorities confirmed the worst. The film presents a measured account of how commercial ambition, regulatory gaps, and overlooked red flags converged in an irreversible catastrophe.
Cast & crew
Director Mark Monroe brings his documentary craft — previously applied to complex industrial and environmental subjects — to this account, shaping testimony from maritime investigators including Jason Neubauer and Joseph Assi, safety whistleblower David Lochridge, and search-and-rescue specialist Tony Nissen. The film also draws on recollections from Emily Hammermeister and Bonnie Carl, offering personal dimensions to the tragedy alongside the technical inquiry.
Context & significance
The Titan disaster generated intense global attention in June 2023, and Persian-speaking audiences followed the story closely across diaspora media. For Iranian viewers abroad who live far from family and navigate systems where institutional trust is a daily question, a documentary about warning signs that were repeatedly dismissed carries particular resonance. The film asks hard questions about accountability, the limits of private ambition, and what happens when safety culture breaks down — themes that translate across cultures. It is available on K-Time in its original English audio without Persian dubbing or subtitles.
Where & how to watch
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster is available on K-Time. It streams in original English audio — no Persian dub or subtitles are included. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone with no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and cancel anytime.