The former director of marine operations, responsible for ensuring the safety of the crew, told the Coast Guard panel: ‘There was a big push to get this done and a lot of steps along the way were missed’

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The Coast Guard’s panel on Tuesday heard testimony from its fourth witness during its investigation into the circumstances that led up to the Titan submersible’s disastrous deep-sea voyage on its journey to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five passengers on board.

David Lochridge, the former director of marine operations who worked at the company from 2015 to 2018, told the panel about the “red flags” he witnessed.

He said there was a “push” to launch the Titan. “The way this company was going about this project, bypassing all the standardized rules and regulations that are set in place by people with experience...It was inevitable something was going to happen. It was just a [question of] when,” he said.

Lochridge issued an inspection...

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