Missing submarine heading to the Titanic: the warning for “security failures” that was not heard

2023-06-21 09:00:00

As reported by European media on Tuesday, a former employee of OceanGate Expeditionsthe manufacturer of the submarine Titan who disappeared last Sunday when the mythical Titanic descended to visit the remains, had already warned the firm for “security flaws» on the boat years ago.

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Is regarding David Lochridgeto whom the submersible company fired and sued following he publicly stated your concern regarding the stability of the submersible, which currently remains missing in the North Atlantic Ocean, with five people inside.

In its presentation before the Court, made in 2018, Ocean Gate Expeditions alleged that Lochridge had breached its employment contract, by disclosing confidential information to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The worker, meanwhile, maintained that he had been unfairly dismissed and that his actions really had for the purpose of improving safety of the passengers in the submarine. In this regard, he stated that he had proposed to the company conducting tests on the helmet of the boat

Lochridge’s concern was that the company might “exposing passengers to potential extreme danger in their experimental submersible“, also taking into account that customers “would not be aware” of this design with little evidence.

In parallel, businessmen in the sector had sent a letter to OceanGate in 2018, in which they expressed reservations on the safety and reliability of the submarinesince the «experimental» approach applied might generate results «potentially catastrophic“, with serious consequences for the industry.

They warn that the submarine only has 40 more hours of oxygen left

Los Rescue teams multiplied their efforts by sea and air on Tuesday to find the submarine with five people on board missing in the Atlantic Ocean when he was heading to the remains of the “Titanic”, in which there is oxygen left for less than two days, according to sources from the United States Coast Guard.

Communication with the 6.5-meter-long submersible “Titan” was lost on Sunday, during its descent towards the vestiges of the mythical transatlantic, which are located at almost 4,000 meters deep regarding 600 km from Newfoundland, in the North Atlantic.

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