A small makeshift submarine operated by the Oceangate company has gone missing off the waters of Canada. The submersible has been missing since Sunday. The vessel embarked on an underwater tour of the infamous Titanic ship, which sank in 1912 after striking an iceberg, killing over 1,500 people. There were approximately 600 survivors. The wreckage site is over 900 miles below the sea.

The occupants of the Oceangate vessel are Stockton Rush, 61, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 73, Hamish Harding, 58, Shahzada Dawood, 48, Sulaiman Dawood, 19. Each occupant was charged $225,000 for the trip. The vessel only has 30-hours of oxygen left. Rescue teams have been dispatched in an effort to locate the vessel.

Occupants of the small, missing OceanGate vessel

Much like the Titanic, the Oceangate vessel had lax safety standards. Two years ago an employee was fired after he filed a complaint regarding the safety issues of the vessel. Third parties in the field also contacted the Oceangate CEO, Stockton Rush, warning him of the potential for catastrophe regarding what he has been doing in hosting such risky trips to the Titanic site. However, Stockton stated, "safety is a waste."

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A whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate’s submersible in 2018. Then he was fired.

Original carbon fiber hull wasn’t rated for Titanic depths, claimed operations director

3:00 PM EDT - June 20, 2023 - The director of marine operations at OceanGate, the company whose submersible went missing Sunday on an expedition to the Titanic in the North Atlantic, was fired after raising concerns about its first-of-a-kind carbon fiber hull and other systems before its maiden voyage, according to a filing in a 2018 lawsuit first reported by Insider and New Republic.

David Lochridge was terminated in January 2018 after presenting a scathing quality control report on the vessel to OceanGate’s senior management, including founder and CEO Stockton Rush, who is on board the missing vessel.

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