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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 4678994, member: 1646"] Ooof, some of these updates don't look good. Seems like you should do some due diligence before getting into a tin can like this, and these facts would be cause for concern. [HEADING=1]Pilot said in lawsuit he was fired for warning Titan wasn't safe for deep dives[/HEADING] [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/author/corky-siemaszko-ncpn464906'][IMG]https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_focal-60x60,duckauto,q_auto:best/newscms/2019_28/2929116/190613-corky_siemaszko-byline1016.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/author/corky-siemaszko-ncpn464906']Corky Siemaszko[/URL] The pilot OceanGate hired to run manned tests of submersibles claimed five years ago in court papers that he was fired after he warned that the Titan’s carbon shell was not properly tested to make sure it could descend safely to 4,000 meters. David Lochridge also claimed OceanGate refused to pay extra for a viewport that could be used safely at a depth of 4,000 meters. When he complained that OceanGate would be endangering customers, Lochridge said in the court papers that he was given “10 minutes to immediately clear out his desk.” Lochridge’s claims, which were first reported by [URL='https://newrepublic.com/post/173802/missing-titanic-sub-faced-lawsuit-depths-safely-travel-oceangate?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social']The New Republic[/URL], were in his counterclaim to a 2018 breach of contract lawsuit filed by OceanGate in which the company said the pilot was not an engineer. The two sides settled a few months later. and [HEADING=1]Titan's depth capabilities were downgraded short of the Titanic[/HEADING] [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/author/ben-goggin-ncpn1288143'][IMG]https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_focal-60x60,duckauto,q_auto:best/newscms/2022_18/3550980/220505-benjamin-goggin-byline-photo-jm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/author/ben-goggin-ncpn1288143']Ben Goggin[/URL] The hull of the Titan vessel "showed signs of cyclic fatigue," according to a [URL='https://www.geekwire.com/2020/oceangate-raises-18m-build-bigger-submersible-fleet-get-set-titanic-trips/']January 2020 interview[/URL] with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who is aboard the missing vessel. Rush told GeekWire that due to that stress, the hull rating was downgraded to a depth of 3,000 meters, 800 meters short of the Titanic's depth. [/QUOTE]

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