Steven Ross, the former scientific director of OceanGate, testified before a U.S. Coast Guard panel on Thursday about a malfunction that occurred on the Titan submersible just days before its fatal implosion.

The scientific director for OceanGate testified that the Titan sub malfunctioned only days before the deadly dive.

A sub that imploded on a deadly voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people aboard, had malfunctioned days before its final dive last year, a public inquiry has heard. The former scientific director of OceanGate,

One witness described how Titan "malfunctioned" on a dive less than a week before its final journey. Yahoo Sports

The Titan submersible had to abort a dive just days before the implosion that killed its five passengers as they explored the wreck of the Titanic, an ex-employee of the company that operated the vessel testified on Thursday.