According to the lawsuit, the ‘carbon-fiber hulland/or the connections and seals between various kinds of material’ would have been compromised on the several occasions that the Titan went down to the Titanic disaster.
Claiming that Rush had never sought certification due to his belief that it would be difficult to ‘teach’ them on the benefits of the vessel’s ‘innovative’ design, the complaint claims that DNV never certified Titan.
The suit goes on to say that crew members were forced to sign a waiver that “failed to disclose many key, relevant risk factors…regarding
the design and operation of TITAN or the materials used in its construction.” It also claims that Rush and OceanGate had “actively fostered Nargeolet’s (and others’) false impressions about the safety and seaworthiness of the vessel.”
It was also asserted that the employee’s termination was the result of an altercation between Rush and Oceangate’s head of marine operations, who was supposedly
