OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush crashed a submersible on dive to Andrea Doria wreck years before Titan disaster: ‘He wouldn’t listen’
OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush crashed a submersible into a shipwreck and then threw the vessel’s rudimentary controls at a more experienced employee years before he piloted the doomed Titan voyage last summer.
OceanGate Whistleblower Recalls Moment Stockton Rush Became Irate While Tangled in Wreck of Andrea Doria
Lochridge. a submarine pilot and inspector, was so frustrated with operations and safety issues at OceanGate that he sounded the alarm, and was dismissed from the company for allegedly violating a nondisclosure agreement. He then sued the company arguing that he was dismissed for being a whistleblower.
Did the former OceanGate CEO panic and throw a controller on a previous submersible voyage? A former dive passenger doesn’t think so.
Former OceanGate Mission Specialist Renata Rojas was a passenger on numerous dives with OceanGate including one trip down to the Titanic on the Titan in 2022. Rojas, the fifth witness to testify in the hearing,
Former OceanGate operations director details troubled past mission, argument with CEO Stockton Rush
David Lochridge, OceanGate’s former operations director testifies to Coast Guard investigators about wreck during mission to Andrea Doria site in 2016.
The Titan submersible's lead engineer says he told OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 'I'm not getting in it' when asked to do a test dive
OceanGate's former engineering director said he had refused to pilot the ill-fated submersible which imploded more than a year ago.
OceanGate former lead engineer who refused to pilot Titan testifies to pressure to get sub into the water
I'm not getting in it,'” Tony Nissen said he told Stockton Rush, co-founder of the OceanGate company that owned the Titan submersible.
Titan engineer felt 'under pressure' to get doomed submersible out to sea
Titan engineer felt 'under pressure' to get doomed submersible out to sea - Engineer Tony Nissen told an inquiry into the Titan which imploded killing five that he had previously flagged safety concer
Titan submarine lead engineer says he 'felt pressure to get vessel ready for dive' before it imploded on its way to the Titanic and recalls how submersible was struck by LIGHTNING on test mission
Tony Nissen said he refused to pilot the Titan years ago because he didn't trust the operations staff, and that he stopped the submersible from going to the Titanic in 2019.
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Titan submersible malfunctioned days prior to the fatal dive, former scientific director testifies
A former OceanGate scientific director said the Titan submersible suffered a malfunction six days before imploding in June ...
Titan sub hearings live: Witness reveals concerns that the submersible’s hull may have cracked during a previous expedition
OceanGate’s former mission specialist Fred Hagen testified Friday that climbing aboard the Titan submersible for a trip to ...
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 ...
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Before Implosion, Titan Pilot and CEO Had Panicked Meltdown When He Crashed Into a Shipwreck: Ex-Employee
"It was unprofessional behavior of him, he started to panic," David Lochridge testified of Stockton Rush, describing an ... down to see the remains of the Andrea Doria ocean liner.
Coast Guard releases video showing Titan submersible wreck at bottom of Atlantic
The U.S. Coast Guard released additional footage of the wreckage of the Titan submersible, which imploded on its way to the ...