Titan Disaster Hearing Upends Earlier Expert Theories on Crew Deaths NYT | Top Stories William J. Broad and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs 19 September 2024 at 04:43 Two days of reporting and testifying by experts during a U.S. Coast Guard inquiry challenge the idea that the submersible’s passengers knew they were facing death. © U.S. Coast Guard and Pelagic Research Services, via Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesAn image, released by the U.S. Coast Guard and Pelagic Research Services, of the tail cone of the Titan submersible resting at the bottom of the ocean.