New footage has been released showing the wreckage of the Titan on the ocean floor, taken when it was found.
The Titan submersible lost contact with its mothership, the Polar Prince, on June 18, 2023, while around an hour and 45 minutes into an expedition to visit the historic wreckage of the Titanic.
The sub had been positioned just above the Titanic's wreckage when it stopped transmitting signals, and after days of searching it was confirmed that the sub had imploded, killing all of those onboard.
The five passengers included Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate; British explorer Hamish Harding; French diving expert Paul Henri Nargeolet; British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman Dawood.
Now, new footage has been released by the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation, showing the moment the sunken wreckage of the Titan was finally located.
The video, which was recorded by a remotely operated camera, showed the moment the tail cone of the submersible was found over 3,775 meters (around 12,500 feet) below the surface.
The never-before-seen footage was shared as part of the ongoing public hearing regarding the tragedy, which killed all five men on board.
In the clip, the Titan's tail cone can be seen coming into view as the camera maneuvers around the location where it landed, showing wires and the internal frame of the vessel.
As the camera comes around to the side of the wreckage, the OceanGate logo can clearly be seen on the side, as well as 'Titan', the name of the sub.
The front of the sub is completely missing and the tail can be seen with cracks running down from the part where it broke apart.
See the footage below:The Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation wrote alongside the video: "This video led to the conclusive evidence of the catastrophic loss of the submersible Titan and the death of all five members aboard."
New information has also come to light as the hearing progresses, with those working closely with the operation revealing that over 100 issues were recorded on the vessel in the years leading up to the fatal implosion.
Tony Nissen, OceanGate’s former engineering director, testified that he and other staff had raised safety concerns and other issues with CEO Stockton Rush, but claims they were brushed aside and that they faced heated arguments.
Nissen also told the hearing he was fired in 2019 after refusing to sign off on an expedition.
Submersible pilot and former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge also told the hearing: "The intention for OceanGate, unbeknownst to me when I came across, they wanted to qualify a pilot in a day. Somebody who had never sat in a submersible.
"That is a huge red flag. That is a no-no. You don't do that. It is a long process," he added. "I never did anything for Titan. I was kept away from the project."
He also damningly claimed that the company was more interested in making money than scientific advances, adding: "The whole idea behind the company was to make money. There was very little in the way of science."
He added that they had a "very strong social media team that would sell the company, sell the seat."
The investigation aims to uncover why the tragedy happened and to prevent anything like this from happening again in future.
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