The former finance director of OceanGate has claimed she quit the company after CEO Stockton Rush handed her the controls of the doomed Titan submersible.The former finance director of OceanGate has claimed she quit the company after CEO Stockton Rush handed her the controls of the doomed Titan submersible.
Former sub pilot Mr Lochridge was dismissed after raising safety concerns about the submersible, the former employee claimed in an interview with the New Yorker. She added many were college interns from Washington State University and paid as little as $15 an hour.Read more:All the 'red flag' claims made about OceanGate's Titan sub: The carbon fibre hull, game controllers and worrying noises
Lochridge was initially sued by OceanGate in 2018, however, he countersued Rush's firm, alleging the firing took place after raising concerns.A previous passenger on an OceanGate Titanic mission said CEO Stockton Rush suggested they take a 'sleep' after the battery went 'kaput'.in 2021 but the mission took a frightening turn when just two hours into the vessel’s dive the battery failed.