The company behind the doomed Titan sub wanted to train pilots to dive to the Titanic in just one day, an inquiry has heard.
David Lochridge, OceanGate’s former operations director, is one of the most anticipated witnesses to appear before a commission trying to determine what caused the Titan to implode en route to the wreckage of the Titanic last year, killing all five people on board.His testimony echoed that of other former employees from Monday, one of whom described OceanGate head Stockton Rush as volatile and difficult to work with.
You don't do that. It is a long process."“The whole idea behind the company was to make money,” Mr Lochridge said. “There was very little in the way of science.”Mr Rush was among the five people who died in the implosion. OceanGate owned the Titan and brought it on several dives to the Titanic going back to 2021.
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