A former employee of the company behind the Titan submersible, OceanGate, said he believed it was "inevitable" there would be a safety incident as the firm "bypassed" all standard rules
David Lochridge said he had "no confidence" in the way the submersible was built, saying he believed his concerns were dismissed for cost-cutting reasons
The whistleblower was giving evidence to a US Coast Guard hearing into the Titan sub, which imploded in June 2023, killing all five people on board
Lochridge warned of potential safety problems with the vessel as far back as 2018, which he says were ignored
Titan sued him for revealing confidential information, and he countersued for unfair dismissal
Edited by Caitlin Wilson and Jamie Whitehead
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Lochridge, OceanGate's former director of marine operations, is now discussing the engineering work of his former employer.
He reveals that OceanGate initially collaborated with the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the University of Washington.
However, OceanGate's CEO Stockton Rush and engineering director Tony Nissen eventually became unhappy with APL and decided to phase out the partnership, opting to handle all engineering in-house.
When asked why he thinks the pair wanted to do the engineering in-house, Lochridge replies: "Arrogance. They...
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