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 submersible tragedy: Specialist to testify as probe exposes rush to Titanic dive
Earlier this month, the Coast Guard opened a public hearing that is part of a high-level investigation into the cause of the implosion. The public hearing began Sept. 16 and some of the testimony has focused on problems the Washington state company had prior to the fatal 2023 dive.
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,
OceanGate whistleblower details Titan’s ‘appalling’ flaws, says CEO Stockon Rush did things ‘on the cheap’
David Lochridge was quickly removed from the Titan project after he repeatedly clashed with CEO Stockton Rush.
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.
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.
Titan sub hearing latest: OceanGate specialist breaks down and declares nothing will ‘bring our friends back’
OceanGate’s former scientific director said that the Titan submersible’s platform malfunctioned just days before its fatal ...
Titan submersible testimony to enter fourth day after panel hears of malfunction and discord
Another mission specialist who worked with the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its ...
Coast Guard probe into Titan sub implosion enters fourth day
The investigatory panel has listened to three days of testimony that raised questions about the company's operations before ...
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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Terrifying new Titan sub 3D simulation shows what happened in minutes leading up to fatal implosion
Lochridge, who was fired from the company in 2018, told investigators that it was 'inevitable' something would eventually go ...
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Shocking new footage of Titan sub shows extent of damage as front of imploded vessel is revealed
The hearing, presented by the US Coast Guard, aims to 'examine all aspects of the loss of the Titan, including pre-accident ...
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 ...
Titan submersible’s scientific director says the sub malfunctioned just prior to the Titanic dive
The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the ...
Titan sub hearing live: OceanGate volunteer said nobody was concerned until sub ‘was really overdue’ from dive
OceanGate volunteer said nobody was concerned until sub ‘was really overdue’ from dive - The testimony is part of the ...