CNN —Four days of hearings on the 2023 implosion of the Titan submersible which killed all five people on board concluded this week with more damning testimony recounting multiple safety incidents over the years. Lahey said he saw the Titan in March 2019 while in the Bahamas and was “not impressed,” and told OceanGate staff members how he felt about it. I saw evidence where they were crimping cables to hold on weights, it just looked amateurish in its execution,” he said. “Anyone that felt safe going to depths in the Titan was deluded or delusional, it was an experimental vessel, it was clear that it was dangerous,” said Hagen. David Lochridge, a former director of marine operations for OceanGate who expressed safety concerns about the ill-fated Titan submersible, said during his testimony earlier this week the Titan tragedy could have been prevented if US safety authorities had investigated his complaints.

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Persons: Patrick Lahey, Lahey, “, ”, OceanGate, ” OceanGate, Rush, ” Fred Hagan, Corey Connor, ” Lahey, Fred Hagen, Hagen, Antonella Wilby, Wilby, that’s, ” Steven Ross, Ross, OceanGate . Rush, David Lochridge, ” Lochridge Organizations: CNN, Titan, Triton, Triton Submarines, Stockton Rush, imploding, Marine Technology Society, MTS, OSHA Locations: Bahamas, North Charleston , South Carolina