Safety agency failed to investigate complaint into doomed Titan sub, staff say

FILE – This undated image provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company’s Titan submersible (OceanGate Expeditions via AP)

A key employee who labelled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe before its last, fatal voyage testified on Tuesday that the tragedy may have been prevented if the federal safety agency had investigated his complaint.

David Lochridge, OceanGate’s former operations director, is one of the most anticipated witnesses to appear before a commission trying to determine what caused the Titan to implode en route to the wreckage of the Titanic last year, killing all five people on board.