Everything that has been revealed about the Oceangate sub since its disappearance is insane.
I cannot see how these people cannot be liable, no matter what kind of waivers their passengers signed beforehand.
One German passenger who went down with them a few years ago had the trip delayed five times due to technical failures and breakdown of material.
Then prior to the attempt when they did go down, he saw a member of the maintenance crew fix something on the Titan by reattaching it with some zipties. 🤯
The viewport was only certified to be safe up to 1300 m depth. Titanic lays at around 3800 m depth.
It's actually quite remarkable they did not have a catastrophic failure much sooner.