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In January 2018, he outlined his concerns again to Stockton Rush. This time Rush asked him to complete an inspection of the vessel.

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"I formulated a report and I sent it out to all the directors in the company."

The following day he was summoned to a meeting with Rush and several other Oceangate employees.

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To Lochridge's surprise, immediately after this meeting he was fired.

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In March, Oceangate asked Lochridge to drop the OSHA complaint - and demanded he pay $10,000 for legal costs. Lochridge declined.

Then in July 2018, Oceangate sued Lochridge - and his wife Carole - for breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud and theft, amongst other allegations. The following month, Lochridge countersued for unfair dismissal.

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In December 2018, under increasing pressure from Oceangate's lawyers, Lochridge and his wife took the decision to drop the case.

This meant the legal proceedings were settled, and as part of this agreement Lochridge withdrew his complaint at OSHA. OSHA stopped its investigation and also notified the US Coast guard that the complaint had been suspended. Lochridge also signed a non-disclosure agreement.

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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I remember him from the Netflix documentary. He was the first of the experts that Rush got rid off because they were telling Rush what he did not want to hear.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That documentary was crazy. When they tested models and it kept crushing before meeting depth, all he would say was it will work at full size. At the end he was surrounded by either yes men or ppl fresh out of uni. That test where it was just Rush going down and it was constant popping. You can hear him getting more and more scared. When he aborted early, he said it was on purpose to mark the dive. He knew he was full of shit, but his ego wouldn't allow him to say he was wrong.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 days ago

And then the sub had no passengers, because there are a bunch of requirements and laws associated with that, so they were all Mission Specialists.