Lost 2 Miles Below the Ocean

<p>A few days ago, when passengers set off on a deep sea expedition in the Atlantic Ocean, they were aboard a vessel that many experts had already concluded was dangerously designed.</p><p>William Broad, a science correspondent for The Times, explains why he was worried from the start.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/william-j-broad">William J. Broad</a>, a science correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/missing-submarine-titanic-search.html">What to know</a> about the Titan, the vessel that went missing on Sunday on its way to the Titanic shipwreck site with five people aboard.</li><li>Three decades ago, a dive in the three-person submersible Alvin revealed not only an alien world but<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/science/alvin-submersible-ocean.html"> why people engage in such risky pursuits</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>