US Coast Guard footage just released has captured part of the wreckage of the doomed OceanGate Titan submersible. The tail cone can be clearly seen lying on the ocean floor, with OceanGate written along its side.
An OceanGate passenger who went aboard the Titan submersible two years before it imploded last year said today that his mission was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure that caused the vessel to 'spin around in circles'.
The Titan appeared to be off course on its way to the Titanic, so the crew decided to use thrusters so the submersible could make its way to the wreck, Hagen said, but noted how the starboard thruster failed to activate. 'Anyone that wanted to go was either delusional if they didn't think that it was dangerous, or they were embracing the risk,' he said.
During Thursday's testimony, company scientific director Steven Ross told the investigators the sub experienced a malfunction just days before the Titanic dive. Earlier in the week, former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge said he frequently clashed with Rush and felt the company was committed only to making money.
This was never sold as a Disney ride,' she said. 'It was an expedition that … things happen and you have to adapt to change.' The deadly accident set off a worldwide debate about the future of private undersea exploration. Coast Guard officials noted at the start of the hearing that the submersible had not been independently reviewed, as is standard practice. That and Titan's unusual design subjected it to scrutiny in the undersea exploration community.
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