The company whose submersible vanished exploring the Titanic wreckage was repeatedly warned of catastrophic safety problems the design of the vessel posed prior to the dive. 9News
The company whose submersible vanished in the North Atlantic on a tourist dive to the wreck of the Titanic was repeatedly warned that there might be catastrophic safety problems posed by the way it was developed, documents show.
A vendor sits beside a copy of a morning newspaper which reports missing Titanic submersible and onboard five people, including Pakistani nationals Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, at a stall, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
Lochridge's concerns primarily focused on the company's decision to rely on sensitive acoustic monitoring — cracking or popping sounds made by the hull under pressure — to detect flaws, rather than a scan of the hull. Lochridge said the company told him no equipment existed that could perform such a test on the 12.7-centimetre-thick carbon-fibre hull.Commander Paul-Henry Nargeolet, left, laughs with Millvina Dean in a photo from 1996.
OceanGate's choices would "subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible," the counterclaim said.However, the company said in its complaint that Lochridge "is not an engineer and was not hired or asked to perform engineering services on the Titan".
In an emailed statement, a spokesman for the company said the missing sub was completed in 2020-21, so it would not be the same as the vessel referenced in the lawsuit.
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