Titan Submersible’s Ex-Employee Reveals CEO Had a Meltdown After Crashing Into a Shipwreck
The doomed underwater voyage Titan imploded close to the Titanic wreckage in 2023. It was helmed by Richard Stockton Rush, the co-founder and CEO of OceanGate, who lost his life along with four other passengers in the submersible.
OceanGate CEO threw controller at co-worker on previous dive, witness says
David Lochridge, the former director of marine operations for OceanGate, said he was known as a "troublemaker" in the company because he was so outspoken.
OceanGate CEO crashed submersible into shipwreck in 2016, threw controller at crew: ex-employee
OceanGate's former operations director, David Lochridge, is testifying at a hearing of the Coast Guard's Titan Submersible Marine Board of Investigation
Titan Disaster Testimony Reveals Crashes, Financial Pressures
A paying passenger described an aborted dive due to a mechanical failure, while OceanGate employees described a cutlure that prized profits over safety.
OceanGate CEO crashed sub years before Titan implosion, whistleblower says
OceanGate’s former director of operations testified that Stockton Rush crashed a submersible in 2016 and only gave up control when a tearful passenger screamed at him.
OceanGate founder crashed a submersible years before Titan disaster
The CEO who was piloting the Titan submersible when it imploded underwater last year, killing him and his four passengers, once crashed another submersible into a shipwreck and then angrily threw the controls when a tearful passenger begged him to let another pilot take over,
Diving in the Titan ‘was never supposed to be safe,’ mission specialist says of the experimental submersible
Four days of hearings on the 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible which killed all five people on board concluded this ...
Passenger on a previous Titan sub dive says his mission was aborted due to apparent malfunction
A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S.
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OceanGate mission specialist cries while recounting final moments with doomed Titan crew
OceanGate’s mission specialist Renata Rojas tearfully recounted her last moments with the crew of the Titan submersible, ...
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Titan submersible malfunctioned days prior to fatal dive, former scientific director testifies
A former OceanGate scientific director said the Titan submersible suffered a malfunction six days before imploding in June ...
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A key employee says the Titan sub tragedy could have been prevented
David Lochridge, OceanGate’s former operations director, said he felt let down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's decision not to follow through on the complaint. “I believe ...
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'A disgrace!': Former OceanGate director details ignored safety warnings before tragedy
Several complaints about the Titan submersible and OceanGate were levied years before the deadly June 2023 implosion.
Whistleblower testifies Titan sub tragedy was 'inevitable'
OceanGate's former operations director David Lochridge testified to US Coast Guard investigators that he had warned of ...
OceanGate’s former operations director says tragic deaths could have been prevented if US safety officials had investigated
David Lochridge, a former director of marine exploration for OceanGate who expressed safety concerns about the ill-fated ...