Titan submersible testimony to enter fourth day after panel hears of malfunction and discord


Footage from a remotely operated vehicle shows, what the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation says is the debris of the Titan submersible that imploded while diving to the wreck of the Titanic, on the seafloor, Sept 17, 2024, in this still image from video. — US Coast Guard video courtesy of Pelagic Research Services/Handout via Reuters

Another mission specialist who worked with the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage is scheduled to testify before a US Coast Guard investigatory panel on Sept 20.

The investigatory panel has listened to three days of testimony that raised questions about the company's operations before the doomed mission. OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush was among five people who died when the submersible imploded en route to the site of the Titanic wreck in June 2023.

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