Seconds after that brief communication, the Titan was “pinged” for the last time, according to the opening presentation of the two-week hearing.
Days later, authorities found its wreckage on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean, several hundred yards from the remains of the Titanic, according to the Marine Board of Investigation, which is the highest level of inquiry by the Coast Guard.
Lochridge testified he was supposed to pilot the submersible and objected when Rush decided he wanted to pilot the vessel.
Rush made multiple errors during the dive, Lochridge said, including ignoring issues with the current and keeping his distance from the wreck.
“It just didn’t seem to me that it had been particularly well-thought-out or executed,” he said of the submersible.
Persons:
–, ” Peter Girguis, “, OceanGate, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, ” Chris Roman, it’s, ”, David Lochridge, ” Lochridge, Lochridge, Rush, “ That’s, ” OceanGate, ‘ Don’t, ’ ”, Alfred McLaren, McLaren, Nargeolet, ” Girguis, David Marquet, ’, “ I’m, Renata Rojas, debriefings, Rojas, ” Rojas, Andrea Doria, “ We’re, we’re, you’re, Rojas “, David Lochridge’s, Stockton, CNN Steven Ross, ” Ross, Ross, could’ve, Scott Griffith, Griffith, Patrick Lahey, Fred Hagen, ” Hagen, ” CNN’s Dakin Andone, Alaa Elassar, Cindy Von Quednow
Organizations:
CNN, Titan, US Coast Guard, Harvard University, Stockton Rush, Marine Board of Investigation, University of Rhode Island’s, School of Oceanography, Coast Guard, Authorities, OceanGate, Guard, National Transportation Safety, US Navy, ”, PlayStation, Rush, Triton, Harvard
Locations:
Washington, Newfoundland, Canada, Rush, OceanGate, Stockton, Bahamas