Earlier this month, the Coast Guard opened a public hearing that is part of a high-level investigation into the cause of the implosion. The public hearing began Sept. 16 and some of the testimony has focused on problems the Washington state company had prior to the fatal 2023 dive.

A former OceanGate scientific director said the Titan submersible suffered a malfunction six days before imploding in June 2023, killing all five people on board.

OceanGate's former scientific director testified that an issue with the vessel's variable ballast tank caused it to invert during a dive

OceanGate scientific director says sub malfunctioned days before fatal voyage - Coast Guard announces ‘newly added witness’ to Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation’s hearing as another Ocea

Steven Ross, OceanGate's scientific director, testified that the Titan submersible malfunctioned before its final dive, causing passenger to “tumble about”.

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 testifying before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday.

The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible which imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified yesterday that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive.

Titan sub malfunctioned days before fatal dive to Titanic, hearing told - British adventurer Hamish Harding died alongside father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood in tragedy