Titan passenger tells of aborted mission after craft ‘began spinning around’

Debris from the Titan submersible was recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press via AP)

A passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible has told a US Coast Guard investigatory panel that the mission was aborted due to apparent mechanical failure.

The submersible imploded in June last year while on another trip to the Titanic wreckage site.