A former employee of OceanGate, the submersible company whose vessel imploded on a trip to see the Titanic, said the company was structured to evade US regulations, The New Yorker reported.
"Stockton strategically structured everything to be out of US jurisdiction" for its Titanic pursuits, a former senior OceanGate employee told the outlet, referring to Stockton Rush, OceanGate's CEO.
"It was deliberate," they added.
The Titan imploded on an expedition to see the wreck of the Titanic on June 18, killing all five people on board, including Rush.
Since it first went missing, questions have been raised over why the Titan was not inspected for safety by independent watchdogs and regulators.
An expert told Insider during the search for the vessel that because the Titan operated in international waters it did not fall under US laws governing the safety of vessels carrying passengers.
The New Yorker's report supports that claim, with the outlet reporting on a legal filing where OceanGate said that the Titan was "being developed and assembled in Washington, but will be owned by a Bahamian entity."
The filing also said it "will be registered in the Bahamas and will operate exclusively outside the...
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