The ongoing public hearing into the Titan submersible disaster has revealed that part of the experimental vessel fell off before it imploded last June.
Now, the US Coast Guard, which is investigating the sinking, has released a picture showing that the dome part of the vessel, which was used to view the doomed Titanic, fell off when it returned to the surface after a dive in 2021.
One of the Titan's commercial passengers, Fred Hagen, testified: The force of the platform hitting the deck it basically sheared off several bolts and they shot off like bullets.
It is believed that the vessel's carbon fibre hull considered by experts to be unsuitable for use at depth was weakened on repeat dives to the Titanic wreck.
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