The US Coast Guard began hearings in Charleston, South Carolina, to uncover the causes of the Titan submersible implosion on June 18, 2023, which killed all five people aboard while diving to the century-old wreck of the Titanic. | Reuters

The first footage showing the wreckage of the Titan submersible was released by the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) on Tuesday, September 17, as part of a public hearing into the vessel’s 2023 implosion. This footage, which was captured on June 22 last year, shows the Titan submersible’s severed tail cone and other debris from the incident. The wreck is located several hundred yards from the location of the Titanic shipwreck, officials said. All five people on board the vessel

Footage shows the ROV Odysseus during the Titan submersible’s salvage on June 26, 2023. For part of the winter before the fatal accident, the investigators said, the Titan was stored in bitterly cold temperatures outside in a parking lot near the dock in St. John’s, Newfoundland, with no protection from the elements. One of the leading theories for the cause of the June 2023 implosion suggests that the cumulative effects of Titan’s dives, plus the exposure to the elements, weakened the carbon-fi