It had a problem just days before disaster
The scientific director of OceanGate said the Titan submersible malfunctioned shortly before the dive it was destroyed on, as just days before the deadly dive it experienced problems.
Steven Ross said that during the malfunction which occurred in June 2023, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush crashed into the bulkhead and passengers in the sub started to ‘tumble about’.
He said: “One passenger was hanging upside down. The other two managed to wedge themselves into the bow end cap.”
Speaking to a US Coast Guard panel, he said there had been a platform issue prior to the malfunction, and it took an hour to get everyone out of the water.
Ross added to the panel that he didn’t know whether there was any assessment of the Titan sub’s hull following the incident.
