'All good here': Last messages revealed from Titan submersible before implosion

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The U.S. Coast Guard officials investigating the implosion of a submersible heading to the Titanic will hear from former employees of the company.
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revealing testimony today into what
happened leading up to the deadly Titan
submersible implosion the experimental
watercraft carried five passengers deep
into the ocean in June of 2023 to see
the wreckage of the Titanic days later
the imploded watercraft was found in
pieces near the very ship it intended to
see new photos shared today the
passengers including a legendary Titanic
researcher and three wealthy tourists
did not make it we are charged to also
detect uh misconduct or negligence by
credential Mariners and if there's any
uh detection of a criminal act we would
make a recommendation to the Department
of Justice the US Coast Guard sharing
today what the Titan crew was
communicating via text messages with
people on board a ship at the surface
one of the Titan's final responses was
all good here investigators testified
that there were many problems during
previous trips including equipment
issues including 70 equipment issues in
2021 and 48 more in 2022 and ocean
Gate's former engineering director Tony
niss said that whenever issues were
brought up the chief would disregard
them um we hadn't really gone deep
enough long enough and we were flexing
37% more so it
was it was the first
warning and when when was this report
drafted I released it um October 10th
2018 and from when you released that
report until 2019 were any corrections
or modifications made to the carbon
fiber
Hall no n testifying that CEO Stockon
Rush who was killed in the implosion did
not listen to concerns Ocean Gate says
it has been fully cooperating with the
Coast Guard and NTSB investigation since
they began the Titan has been making
troops to the Titanic wreckage since
2021 this hearing is expected to last
two weeks zorine sha ABC News Los
Angeles
