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Daily Record
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Titan sub Scot branded 'hero' for trying to halt dive before being fired for raising concerns
Glaswegian David Lochridge, who was the former Director of Marine Operations, warned OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush about the dangers of the Titan sub before he was sacked for speaking up A Scot who tried to halt the journey of the fatal Titan submersible has been "unsung hero". Glaswegian David Lochridge attempted to stop the sub ahead of its doomed journey to the wreckage, which led to the death of five people on board. David has been praised by viewers for his admirable efforts amid the release of a Netflix documentary on the disaster. The streaming platform released TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster last week, which explores the events leading up to the tragedy on June 18, 2023. The submersible had been making a trip to the Titanic ruins in the north Atlantic when it imploded, killing everyone in an instant. Among the dead were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61, French Pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, British businessman and explorer Hamish Harding, 58, Shahzada Dawood, 48, a Pakistani/British/Maltese businessman, and his teenage son Suleman Dawood, 19, who was a student at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The documentary shows the shocking footage of the moment American born Rush fires his Director of Marine Operations, Lochridge, for expressing his expertise concerns about the safety of the Titan vessel. In one incident shown in the film, Rush told Lochridge at the last minute that he wanted to pilot the sub for a test dive to the Andrea Doria shipwreck despite the Scot's vast experience. Lochridge managed to persuade Rush that he should at least let him join him and the other four paying passengers onboard. Luckily, he did, because at one point Rush crashes the sub onto the wreck and it is Lochridge who herocially guides them out of the danger. After the incident, Lochridge explained how Rush told him "I owe you one" but then went on to leave him out of important meetings. He said Rush "never really spoke to me the rest of the trip," adding the "dynamic changed" between them. He added that he was "cut out by senior management from the Titan project," and "was dropped from all email communications, verbal communications," leaving him "totally out of the loop". After asking Lochridge to carry out an inspection on the sub, Rush fired him that day after receiving his notes which detailed faults. In a recording of the moment Lochridge was let go by Rush, viewers can hear him telling him he was "full of s**t" as he says, "I don't want anyone in this company who is uncomfortable with what we're doing". After Rush fired Lochridge, he then said he felt a duty to report his concerns to the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations, revealing that the sub was made from carbon fibre and that the OceanGate CEO has chosen not to classify the Titan vessel. Lochridge, who repeatedly made his feelings clear about the doomed vessel, is hailed as an "unsung hero" by submersible consultant Rob McCallum who was also against the Titan being used. Lochridge, who had previously piloted OceanGate expeditions, was advised that he would be protected after filing the complaint. However, OceanGate discovered his responsibility and filed a lawsuit against him for breach of contract and fraud. CEO Rush is heard saying in the documentary that he has no issue in "ruining a life" and Lochridge was forced to withdraw his complaint due to the financial impact it was having on his family and the slow pace which the case was moving at as OSHA investigator Paul McDevitt explained they had a number of other pressing cases to deal with first. Lochridge described OceanGate's lawsuit as an attempt to "keep [him] quiet so they could proceed with the project". He added that he could not believe Stockton and other staff members "were willing to play Russian roulette". Speaking about the potential dangers of the Titan in 2017, he said: "The worst things that can happen take place at shallow depths - that's where you see the biggest pressure changes. "The biggest hurdle, especially with the Atlantic, is that the weather conditions are at the beck and call of Mother Nature. We have a mobile subsea launch and recovery system, which we can deploy from once the sub is down at depth, so we should be out of the way of all the topside weather conditions."
Newsweek
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Netflix Gives a Deeper Look Into Titan Sub Tragedy in New Documentary
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors In June 2023, five people died when OceanGate's submersible, "Titan", imploded. In the days that followed, after it was clear the five missing people had died, questions started being asked about the safety of the submersible and of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, one of the submersible's victims. Now the Netflix documentary "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster" seeks to answer all of those questions. Read More: How to Stream Netflix's OceanGate Documentary A still from Netflix's 'TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster', available to stream June 11, 2025. A still from Netflix's 'TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster', available to stream June 11, 2025. Netflix When Does Netflix's Titan Implosion Documentary Come Out? While "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster" will have its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6, the documentary film will stream on Netflix on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. What to Know About Netflix's Titan Implosion Documentary "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster" is directed by Mark Monroe, who told Tudum, "When the Titan submersible went missing, I was horrified and mesmerized by the 24/7 news coverage and global social commentary — just like the rest of the world ... The more I dug into this terrible tragedy, the more intrigued I became about how this could have ever happened in the first place, and who exactly was the man who built and then went down with this ship. We hope that this film can help provide answers to these very questions." "Titan" uses audio recordings, whistleblower testimony, and archival footage of the company's earliest days to chronicle all the decisions made from then up until the day of the tragic voyage. In particular, "Titan" attempts to analyze the complex psyche of the late CEO Stockton Rush to show how his attempts at fame helped lead to the deadly disaster at sea. BBC will be releasing its own hour long documentary "Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster" on May 27. According to IMDb, "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster" will be one hour, 51 minutes long. How People Are Reacting to Netflix's Titan Sub Documentary Trailer Netflix released their first teaser trailer for "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster" on Wednesday, May 22, and there were a lot of negative reactions to the preview. On the social media platform X in particular, users responded to the trailer with a lot of comments about how it seemed so soon after the tragedy to make a documentary, implying that Netflix was profiting off misery. For example, user @belaxcl0udswrote, "I remember when this was happening ppl making memes about netflix writers rushing to the writing room... they were right." Similarly, @acemexchilli commented, "They started writing this thing back when we still thought they had 12 hours of air left." @MovieMediaX wrote simply, "Seems so soon." More Movies: 'OceanGate Disaster' Netflix Trailer Sparks Criticism Michael B. Jordan's 'Sinners' Finally Has a Streaming Date—For a Fee
Newsweek
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
How to Stream Netflix's OceanGate Documentary
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Two years on from the disaster that shocked the world, a new documentary is landing on Netflix sharing the astonishing details that led to the implosion of the OceanGate submersible. Directed by Mark Monroe, TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster examines CEO Stockton Rush's mission to be a billionaire innovator and the price of that ambition. With testimony from people, as well as lots of archival footage, the film presents the story unlike anything we've seen to date. A still from Netflix's 'TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster', available to stream June 11, 2025. A still from Netflix's 'TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster', available to stream June 11, 2025. Netflix READ: Everything New on Netflix in June 2025 Netflix has released the official trailer for the documentary, a sixty-second deep dive into the events that led to the lives of five people being lost. Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6 before debuting on Netflix, TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster will be available to stream from Midnight PT / 3 AM ET on June 11. To be the first to tune in when the documentary goes live, we've put a guide together that details how to watch the Netflix OceanGate documentary, including the Netflix OceanGate documentary release date and the Netflix OceanGate documentary release time. TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster – How to Watch You will be able to watch Netflix's OceanGate documentary from June 11, 2025, at Midnight PT / 3 AM ET. It will be available to stream for all subscribers to the platform. To watch TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster, you will need a Netflix subscription. A standard subscription with ads is $7.99 per month, and a standard no-ads subscription starts at $17.99 per month. Where Can I Watch TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster? TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster is coming to Netflix in June. You can stream the documentary on the platform from Midnight PT / 3 AM ET on June 11, 2025. TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster will be exclusive to Netflix. TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster Release Date TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster will be available to stream on Netflix from June 11, 2025. Is TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster Available to Stream in the US? You can stream TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster on Netflix from June 11, 2025. What Is TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster About? The official synopsis for TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster, as per Netflix, reads: The Titan submersible's ill-fated journey to the ruins of the Titanic dominated headlines in June 2023, but nothing can prepare you for Titan, coming to Netflix this summer. This new documentary examines OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, his quest to become the next billionaire innovator, and the doomed underwater endeavor that forced the world to reconsider the price of ambition in the depths of the ocean. TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster Runtime TITAN: The OceanGate Disaster will be one hour and 50 minutes.
