SOME OF THE last words heard from the crew of an experimental submersible heading for the wreck of the Titanic were “all good”, according to a visual recreation of the journey of the Titan before it imploded, killing all five on board.
The US coast guard presented the animation today on the first day of what is expected to be a two-week hearing on the causes of the implosion.
Later, the hearing’s first witness, OceanGate Expeditions’ former engineering director Tony Nissen, testified that he had refused to pilot the submersible and was later sacked.
British adventurer Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood died alongside OceanGate chief executive Stockton Rush and Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
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Dawood was a London-based businessman and adviser to the King’s charity Prince’s Trust International, with a focus on its work in Pakistan. His 19-year-old son was a student at the University of Strathclyde …