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Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To (newrepublic.com)
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Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

OceanGate refused to pay for the manufacturer to build a viewport that would meet the required depth of 4,000 meters.

Well at least they saved some money.