The sub weights were electronic, not manual – and the batteries didn't even work!
https://newstarget.com/2023-07-09-oceangate-ceo-stockton-rush-titan-passengers-sleep.html
A couple years prior to the recent OceanGate Expeditions incident near the sunken Titanic, the company’s Titan submersible, now “imploded,” experienced a battery failure that resulted in the vessel having to sit at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean overnight. It was the year 2021 when this occurred, and passenger Jaden Pawn who was aboard […]
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