Lochridge worked as an independent contractor for OceanGate in 2015, then as an employee between 2016 and 2018, CNN has reported. He soon became tangled in litigation with OceanGate, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for raising concerns about the safety and testing of the Titan. “There’s no way on earth you could have paid me to dive the thing,” Lochridge continued. McCallum, a divemaster who has led expeditions to the Titanic, warned Rush in 2018 about the safety of the Titan submersible, telling the CEO he was putting himself and his clients in danger, CNN previously reported. Salvaged pieces of the Titan submersible from OceanGate Expeditions arrive Wednesday in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, via the Horizon Arctic ship.

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Persons: CNN —, ” David Lochridge, Lochridge, ” Lochridge, Rob McCallum, “, McCallum, Rush, David Hiscock, –, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood Organizations: CNN, OceanGate, Stockton Rush, New Yorker, Titan, OceanGate Expeditions Locations: North, New, St, John's, Newfoundland, Labrador, British, French