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The Titan Submersible Hearings End With Few Solid Answers. Here’s What Comes Next
The Coast Guard hearings into the OceanGate disaster are done. Next comes the full report—and any potential criminal investigations.
The Coast Guard was nevertheless able to quickly mobilize flights over the Titanic area, with some aircraft deploying sonar buoys, which detected knocking noises underwater. One noted that OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush had “never attempted to circumvent any regulations or provisions” in using the Titan ’s predecessors for shallower tourist dives off the US coast. Several submersible industry witnesses hoped that the Titan tragedy might even spur changes that make it simpler for responsible organizations to operate underwater vessels in US waters.
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