of this is how preventable it really was, you know, and that to me is the greatest heartbreak of the whole thing. well, as we ve been hearing, the co founder of oceangate, the firm that built and operated the titan submersible, has rejected claims that it cut corners on safety. guillermo sonhelm left oceangate ten years ago. i don t think it that s necessarily case, oftentimes the innovations outpace regulation and the people innovative technology are best placed to understand the and minimise them. that s why, from what i remember of the technology development programme, it underwent a rigorous test programme, perhaps even greater than any classification agency would have required.
now, as we mentioned earlier, the co founder of 0ceangate, the firm that built and operate,the titan submersible has rejected claims that it cut corners. guillermo sonhelm left 0ceangate ten years ago. he s been speaking to the bbc. the innovation outpaces the regulations and oftentimes, 0ne one of the issues that keeps coming up one of the issues that keeps coming up is that people keep equating certification with safety and are ignoring the 14 years of development of the titan sub. any expert who weighs in on this, including mr cameron, will also admit they were not there for the design of the sub, the engineering, the building of the sub and not the rigorous test programme the sub went through. this was a 14 year testing programme that it went through and like any successful science expeditions to the titanic over the last three years. let s cross live now
in the uk, new measures agreed with banks to help mortgage holders struggling with soaring interest rates. the with soaring interest rates. destruction left behind the the destruction left behind after the kakhovka dam burst in southern ukraine hello, welcome to bbc news now. we start in the united states and the safety questions surrounding the deaths of five men on the titan subsmersible. the co founder of oceangate the firm that built the sub has rejected claims that it cut corners. guillermo sohnlein, who left the firm ten years ago, told the bbc that the craft was 1a years in development and went through rigorous safety checks. tributes have been paid to those who died.
board, the sub suffered a killed on board, the sub suffered a catastrophic implosion. uk bank bosses are summoned over mortgages after the bank of england raised interest rates to 5%. and the destruction left behind after the kakhovka dam burst in southern ukraine we ll bring you a special report. hello, i m lucy grey. we start in the united states and the deaths of five men on the titan subsmersible. the co founder of oceangate, the firm that built and operated the submersible, has rejected claims that it cut corners. guillermo sohnlein, who left the firm ten years ago, told the bbc that the craft was 1a years in development and went through rigorous safety checks. tributes have been paid to the five men killed on board the sub. among them, were the former french navy diver and renowned explorer paul henri nargeolet and the ceo of oceangate, stockton rush. the family of the british explorer, hamish harding said he was a loving husband,