The U.S. Coast Guard took a deep dive into the regulations governing submersibles today at a public hearing looking into the causes of last year’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan sub and its crew. And the issues raised sometimes got as murky as the depths of Puget Sound,

Every dollar you give helps us continue to shine a light on these critical issues in the run up to the election and beyond OceanGate never requested the Coast Guard inspect the Titan submersible, according to John Winters,

All it takes is that one thing to go for the whole thing to go," engineer Bart Kemper told investigators An engineer whose firm was asked by the U.S. Coast Guard to offer additional expertise in the investigation of the deadly 2023 Titan submersible implosion testified this week that the “root cause” of the disaster is unknown at the moment — but there are some plausible options.