Missing Titanic sub: Vessel was controlled by outdated video game controller

By Brady Knox

Published June 21, 2023 3:23am ET

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Missing Titanic sub: Vessel was controlled by outdated video game controller — This photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions shows a submersible vessel named Titan used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic. In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday, June 20, 2023, for the submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. | (OceanGate Expeditions via AP)

The tourist submarine that went missing while surveying the Titanic cruise liner was controlled by an outdated video game controller.

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