Speculation is still raging about the causes of the catastrophic loss of the Titan submersible. Ahead of the formal investigation and enquiry many are speculating as to the cocktail of errors which may have been responsible. 

One insightful commentary comes from transport safety expert, Professor George Bearfield in which he highlights the development of this vessel outside normal regulatory processes. He diagnoses an underlying causal factor as a situation "...where a strong appetite for risk and profit is coincident with weak or ineffective regulation." This seems to say it all.