The mini-submarine has been missing since Sunday morning (local time).
(Photo: dpa)
new York Oceangate, the operator and manufacturer of the missing Titanic submersible, fired an employee in 2018 who had previously pointed out safety flaws. According to court documents, the company sued employee David Lochridge that same year for allegedly leaking confidential information in violation of his employment contract.
In fact, the trained submarine pilot and underwater inspector Lochridge had filed a whistleblower complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In return for the lawsuit against him, he himself filed a complaint against Oceangate. In it, he accuses the Washington-based company of wrongfully terminating him because his actions were aimed at ensuring the safety of passengers on the submersible Titan.
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