After new images of the remains of the Titan submarine at the bottom of the seaand witness of the catastrophe broke the silence and revealed a new detail of the case.
This is Steven Ros, the former scientific director of the company that owns the submarine TitanOceanGate, who appeared at hearings initiated by the United States Coast Guard.
But,what did he say the witness breaking the silence about the submarine of which new images of its remains at the bottom of the seaWe’ll tell you the details.
OceanGate Titan Submarine (Especial)
Titan submarine accident witness breaks silence
At his hearing for the case of submarine Titanformer OceanGate chief scientist Steven Ross, revealed a gruesome detail about the incident in which 5 people died.
Before the authorities of the United States Coast Guard, the former employee of the company that operated the submarine said that Days before the events, an incident was recorded.
In this regard, Steven Ross highlighted that prior to the dive in which the Titan submarine unsuccessfully explored the remains of the Titanic, a similar operation was aborted.
In particular, he stated that the dive that was aborted days before had to be stopped because it was detected a valve malfunctionwhich left a passenger hanging upside down.
Even the witness who broke the silence about the events indicated that the failure in operation through which a passenger had a bad time, It was corrected in a “considerable time”.
In addition, Steven Ross said that Once the submersible emerged After the mission was aborted, this suffered a tilt whereby the bow ended up pointing upwards at a 45 degree angle.
Regarding the crew members who were on board the Titan submarine during the incident, he added that they also had a bad time because there was no “nothing to hold on to inside”.
Due to such conditions inside the submersible, added the same CEO of OceanGate, Stockton Rush, “crashed into the rear bulkhead” of the Titan submarine.
Titan submarine pre-implosion failure not reported
Although it was a major incident in operation, the previous fault which was recorded in the submarine Titan had not been reported until now.
Even though the witness who broke the silence He did not add details of the dates, in his testimony he asserted that it was an error that occurred days before that the Titan submarine imploded.
However, so far no opinion has been issued in which it is established that the implosion of the submarine in which 5 people died, It is related with the previous fault.
It is worth noting that It was June 18, 2023 when the group of 5 people boarded the Titan submarine in order to begin an expedition in which they would observe the remains of the Titanic.
However, after a couple of hours of the operation, contact with the crew was lost and days later it was revealed that the submarine ended up destroyed after suffer a cataclysmic implosion.
Titan tourist submarine (EyePress News / EYEPRESS via Reuters Connect)
2024-09-20 01:37:25