Following the US Coast Guard report on the Titan submersible disaster, former OceanGate employee David Lochridge has reiterated his safety concerns. He claims OceanGate ignored critical flaws in the submersible's design and construction, leading to the tragic implosion. Lochridge, who was fired in 2018 for raising these issues, believes the company misled passengers and could have prevented the disaster.
David Lochridge, a former employee of Oceangate, has reiterated longstanding safety concerns following the release of a US Coast Guard report that identifies significant failures by the company as the primary cause of the 2023 Titan submersible disaster. "I always hoped that what happened wouldn't happen. But I just knew if they kept carrying on the way they were going and with that deficient equipment, then there would be an incident," Lochridge was quoted as saying by the BBC. "There is so much that could have been done differently. From the initial design, to the build, to the operations - people were sold a lie," he said. OceanGate was developing a new submersible designed to take paying passengers to the site of the Titanic wreck. However, in June 2023, the vessel tragically imploded during a dive, killing all five people on board, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.The whistleblower was dismissed by OceanGate in 2018 after raising concerns about safety issues related to the submersible. He had joined the company seven years prior as its director of Marine...
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