<story><title>Missing Titanic sub faced lawsuit over depths it could safely travel to</title><url>https://newrepublic.com/post/173802/missing-titanic-sub-faced-lawsuit-depths-safely-travel-oceangate</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>misiti3780</author><text>no one died yet...</text></item><item><author>aredox</author><text>Even if that is the case, the ethos of the company was to dismiss safety concerns, use inappropriate hardware, stonewall and then fire the only person who cared.&lt;p&gt;People died. I do hope the CEO isn&amp;#x27;t one of them, because he needs to be thrown in front of a court. Same with the other senior executives and HR.</text></item><item><author>mcpackieh</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;According to the court documents, in a 2018 case, OceanGate employee David Lochridge, a submersible pilot, voiced concerns about the safety of the sub.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;2018; this would make it the previous model, no?  Not the same submarine that went missing.   At least that&amp;#x27;s the impression I get from this article (2020): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.geekwire.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;oceangate-raises-18m-build-bigger-submersible-fleet-get-set-titanic-trips&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.geekwire.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;oceangate-raises-18m-build-big...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;That meant the Titanic trips — which had been planned at first for 2018, then 2019, then 2020 — had to be put off until mid-2021. By that time, Rush expects the new submersibles to be ready to enter service.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s my impression that one of those &amp;quot;new submersibles&amp;quot; is the one that&amp;#x27;s lost.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>c00lio</author><text>Oxygen is just about running out in the next few hours, they don&amp;#x27;t seem to have had any sonar contact, no cable or underwater phone. Getting something like a DSRV (which wouldn&amp;#x27;t really help if they are at ground level there, because it cannot dive that deep) there will take at least a day. Even if they are still alive, their chances of rescue are nonexistent.</text></comment>
<story><title>Missing Titanic sub faced lawsuit over depths it could safely travel to</title><url>https://newrepublic.com/post/173802/missing-titanic-sub-faced-lawsuit-depths-safely-travel-oceangate</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>misiti3780</author><text>no one died yet...</text></item><item><author>aredox</author><text>Even if that is the case, the ethos of the company was to dismiss safety concerns, use inappropriate hardware, stonewall and then fire the only person who cared.&lt;p&gt;People died. I do hope the CEO isn&amp;#x27;t one of them, because he needs to be thrown in front of a court. Same with the other senior executives and HR.</text></item><item><author>mcpackieh</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;According to the court documents, in a 2018 case, OceanGate employee David Lochridge, a submersible pilot, voiced concerns about the safety of the sub.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;2018; this would make it the previous model, no?  Not the same submarine that went missing.   At least that&amp;#x27;s the impression I get from this article (2020): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.geekwire.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;oceangate-raises-18m-build-bigger-submersible-fleet-get-set-titanic-trips&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.geekwire.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;oceangate-raises-18m-build-big...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;That meant the Titanic trips — which had been planned at first for 2018, then 2019, then 2020 — had to be put off until mid-2021. By that time, Rush expects the new submersibles to be ready to enter service.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s my impression that one of those &amp;quot;new submersibles&amp;quot; is the one that&amp;#x27;s lost.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jethro_tell</author><text>Well, it&amp;#x27;s schrodinger&amp;#x27;s  submersible at this point.</text></comment>