Four days, 10 witnesses, and dozens of exhibits in the US Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation hearing on the Titan submersible implosion have made public a flood of information about the doomed vessel’s design and operation. But one thing the hearings have not yet explained is why the submersible suddenly failed on a sightseeing trip to the Titanic in June 2023, nor who might shoulder the blame for the deaths of its five crew.
Here’s what we know going into the second and final week of hearings, and some key unanswered questions.
The Two Sides of Stockton Rush
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who died piloting the Titan, took the bulk of