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Without having studied the craft itself, Alistair Greig, professor of marine engineering at University College London, suggested two possible theories based on images of the vessel published by the press.
BOSTON: US and Canadian coast guard teams were racing Monday to locate a submersible vessel with five people aboard, including a billionaire tourist, that went missing on a dive to the Titanic's wreckage in the North Atlantic.
An advisor to OceanGate has said that vital rescue equipment for the submersible search remains on the tarmac in Guernsey, in the UK, amid US bureaucracy snarls.
A former OceanGate employee was allegedly fired for raising safety issues, and a reporter who rode the vessel last year said there's no emergency contact system.
As the hours slowly dwindle to rescue four Titanic explorers trapped in a freezing 22ft tube at the bottom of the Atlantic, experts said their chances seemed wretched tonight.