THE director of the company that owned the doomed Titan sub has admitted it malfunctioned just before setting off on its fatal dive.
Former OceanGate scientific director Dr Steven Ross is testifying as part of an investigation into the “catastrophic implosion” of the Titan submersible in June last year.
A two-week-long hearing is ongoing into the tragedy that killed five people held in Charlestown, South Carolina, by the US Coast Guard.
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