Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

The company that operates a missing submersible in the North Atlantic with five people on board

was repeatedly worn.

There could be catastrophic problems due to the way the vessel was developed.

The vessel Titan was headed down to view wreckage of the Titanic when contact was lost

Sunday.

Well Cohen shares the Marine Technology Society submarine group and says red flags were

raised about owner Oceangate Expeditions.

Most of the companies in this industry that are building submersibles and deep submersibles

follow.

If really well, established framework of certification and verification and oversight

to classification societies.

And that was at the root of Oceangate's project is that they were going to go solo, going

without that type of official oversight and that brought a lot of concerns.

Bidens have detected some underwater noises but say it's not clear they are coming from

the missing submersible.

China's blasting President Biden for quote, extremely absurd and irresponsible remarks

after the president called his Chinese counterparted dictator who is facing real economic problems.

NPR's Michelle Kalman reports the State Department is trying to downplay the dispute.

Biden's remarks came just after he sent his Secretary of State to China to open up better

communications.

State Department spokesman Vidal Patel says no one should be surprised that there are

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