THE director of the company that owned the doomed Titan sub has admitted it malfunctioned just before setting off on the fatal dive.
Former OceanGate scientific director Dr Steven Ross is testifying as part of an investigation into the “catastrophic implosion” of the Titan submersible in June last year.
New footage of the Titan wreck released today
A two-week-long hearing is ongoing into the tragedy that killed five people in Charlestown, South Carolina, by the US Coast Guard.
Today chilling new video of the doomed vessel was released, showing pieces of the Titan strewn across the ocean floor.
The harrowing video of the remains shows “the aft dome, aft ring, remnants of the hull and carbon fibre debris”, the US Coast Guard said during proceedings today.
OceanGate’s former operations boss David Lochridge revealed earlier this week that the viewport and elements of the dome ceilings deviated from standard design processes.
Lochridge claimed said he was “appalled” by the O-ring – a type of seal.
He said: “There was so many laminations, so many voids. The imperfections were incredible.
“There was glue runs everywhere. And that’s a red flag.”
He described the hull as “porous paper. It was disgusting”.
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