On Monday, OceanGate Expeditions confirmed that its Titan vessel went missing with five passengers on board.
OceanGate Expeditions, the company that owns the submarine that went missing while traveling to see the Titanic wreckage, was previously sued over safety concerns related to that specific vessel, the Titan.
In 2018, an employee of OceanGate and pilot of the company’s submersibles David Lochridge, filed a lawsuit alleging that the Titan needed additional testing to travel to such deep depths.
“David Lochridge disagreed with OceanGate’s position to dive the submersible without any non-destructive testing to prove its integrity, and to subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible,” the lawsuit said. “Defendants admit that David Lochridge again expressed concerns at the January 19, 2018 meeting regarding the quality control and safety of the Titan, particularly OceanGate’s refusal to conduct critical, non-destructive testing of the experimental design of the hull.
