KVSP OceanGate
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The co-founder and former CEO of OceanGate said the company originally never planned to build its own submersibles while testifying during a hearing on the deadly implosion of its Titan sub. Guillermo Sohnlein co-founded OceanGate in 2009 with Stockton Rush, who was one of the five people killed in a […]
Pelagic Research Services/U.S. Coast Guard (NEW YORK) — An OceanGate whistleblower testified during a United States Coast Guard hearing into the deadly 2023 implosion of the Titan that he had “no confidence” in the way the experimental submersible was being built. David Lochridge, the former director of marine operations for OceanGate, said he was known […]
JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — OceanGate said it is suspending all exploration and commercial operations after five people were killed, including the company’s CEO, during its expedition to the Titanic wreckage last month. The Everett, Washington-based company announced the development in a banner on its websites. OceanGate, founded in 2009, offered tourists […]
JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eager to test a submersible one month before its first trip to the deep-sea ruins of the Titanic, in the spring of 2018, OceanGate hit a snag: lightning storms and harsh winds that battered the Bahamas for weeks and rendered the test impossible, according to the company’s […]
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