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The Titan’s former lead engineer says he felt pressured to get the submersible ready


The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic says he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier.

2 of 11 | Tony Nissen, the lead engineer for an experimental OceanGate submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic said he refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier because he didn’t trust the operations crew. Tony Nissen, the lead engineer for an experimental OceanGate submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic said he refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier because he didn’t trust the operations crew. ShareThe lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic testified Monday that he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier.

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