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questions remain as we are just learning that a top-secret u.s. navy system heard the submersible implode. an experimental vessel is how the doomed suv is described with the oceangate liability agreement. what exactly is the submersible, what is a submersible? is that what ultimately sealed its fate? remembering the five passengers, humans on board, friends and family of the explorers join us next. lets go out front. in evening. im erin burnett. outfront tonight, a catastrophic imp...

The ends were titanium, titanium down here. then it had that big viewing port down here. also, the fact that it is constructed as a tube, not as a round vessel all the way around like many deep-sea vessels are. all of that presented potential failure points at the glass up here -- the plastic up here, at this joint here, at this joint here and along the sides of this tube. all of that, very experimental compared to what people knew before. of course, as you know, many questions about the testing...

Discover the safety concerns and lawsuit surrounding the missing Titanic tourism submersible. Former director, David Lochridge, raised critical safety concerns about the experimental design.

Cockpit, the first thing he says is do you have the airplane? are you set? you are ready to go? we have to put on oxygen masks above a certain altitude. we leave the cockpit to do what it is to do. go get a cup of coffee or go to the bathroom or lavatory and we come back and say we identify ourselves. the individual who opens the cockpit door looks through the viewing port to verify the crew member and open the door. there are other security procedures i cannot get into. thats what we would be d...