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.
Titan sub hearings live: NDA threat stopped contractor from raising safety concerns after ‘loud bang’ incident
OceanGate’s rival warned Stockton Rush about submersible’s viewport before doomed dive - A former OceanGate contractor said Titan sub parts looked ‘thrown together’
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,
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.
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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Titan submersible malfunctioned days before fatal dive, former scientific director testifies
A former OceanGate scientific director said the Titan submersible had a malfunction 6 days before imploding in June 2023, killing 5 people.
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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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The Titan Submersible Disaster Hearings Paint a Damning Picture
David Lochridge, a former director of marine operations for OceanGate, then testified that Rush had once made piloting errors on the company’s first submersible during a dive to the wreck of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Before Implosion, Titan Pilot and CEO Had Panicked Meltdown When He Crashed Into a Shipwreck: Ex-Employee
down to see the remains of the Andrea Doria ocean liner. Lochridge said he had expected to be the pilot, as the “most experienced” such member of OceanGate’s team. “Unfortunately ...
Witness gets emotional recounting doomed Titan dive during Coast Guard hearing on submersible implosion
A witness got emotional recounting the day of the doomed Titan submersible dive while testifying during the U.S. Coast ...
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 ...