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The Coast Guard’s OceanGate Hearings Start Next Week—but Key Witnesses Won’t Appear
Because, according to sources, they’d plead the Fifth, the witness list is missing key executives and staff with knowledge of the fatal Titanic expedition, raising questions about just how much can be learned from this investigation.
In fact, it seems few of the 24 witnesses subpoenaed were even on board the Titan’s support vessel, the Polar Prince, for the final mission: Renata Rojas, an unpaid volunteer, and Tym Catterson, a contractor with experience of piloting submersibles. Whatever the Coast Guard’s technical analysis of the wreckage reveals, the absence of public testimony from the hull’s manufacturers, OceanGate’s leadership, and some staff who worked on the Titan ’s final voyage will doubtless leave many questions unanswered. Leake of the Coast Guard told WIRED: “It is important to note that it is common practice for Marine Boards of Investigation to hold multiple hearing sessions or conduct additional witness depositions for complex cases.”
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