Tony Nissen, the lead engineer on the doomed Titan sub, said Monday that he “100%” felt pressure to get it in the water.

“You wanted me to buy off on the idea of going to the Titanic and I told him ‘No’,” said Tony Nissen, Oceangate’s Chief of Engineering. That was just one of the statements from the Chief ...

The lead engineer on the doomed Titan submersible said Monday that he “100%” felt pressure to get it in the water. Tony Nissen — testifying as the first witness at a Coast Guard hearing into ...

Tony Nissen (left), head engineer for OceanGate, speaks with Coast Guard members after his testimony in a Coast Guard investigatory hearing on the causes of the implosion of an experimental ...

The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic testified Monday that he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it ...

OceanGate's former engineering director said he refused to take a dive in the ill-fated submersible. Tony Nissen testified in a hearing that he had told the CEO, "I'm not getting in it." He said ...

Nissen, OceanGate’s former engineering director, was the first witness to testify at what is expected to be a two-week U.S. Coast Guard hearing.

Tony Nissen, former head engineer for OceanGate, waits for board members to return during a recess in a Coast Guard investigatory hearing on the causes of the implosion of an experimental ...

Tony Nissen is the former engineering director for OceanGate, the company that owned the Titan submersible. Nissen was the first witness at a Coast Guard hearing in South Carolina on Monday.

Tony Nissen, former engineering director for OceanGate, was the first witness at a Coast Guard hearing in South Carolina on Monday.