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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They had two communication systems. They had the text messaging and an automated "ping" that went every 15 minutes. Both stopped suddenly at 1:45.

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"There are only two things that could mean. Either they lost all power or the ship developed a hull breach and it imploded instantly."