Steven Ross, the former scientific director of OceanGate, testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Thursday about a malfunction that occurred on the Titan submersible just days before its fatal implosion.

The U.S. Coast Guard has released the first photo of the doomed OceanGate Titan submersible. The vessel had been on an expedition to tour the wreckage of the Titanic when it imploded shortly after losing contact with its support ship last June.

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 scheduled to testify before a U.S. Coast Gua

OceanGate's Titan sub briefly became tangled up in the Titanic during a 2022 dive, according to a mission specialist who was on the dive.

The U.S. Coast Guard released additional footage of the wreckage of the Titan submersible, which imploded on its way to the Titanic, killing all five people on board.

Appearing before a US Coast Guard panel, Steven Ross told the board about a platform issue the experimental submersible experienced in June 2023, just days before it imploded on its way to the Titanic site.

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.