A cargo ship captain who worked for the company that owned the doomed freighter El Faro testified that he was fired after reporting safety concerns about his ship.

Capt. Jack Hearn, who sailed for a Tote Services Inc. subsidiary, testified on Tuesday before a U.S. Coast Guard panel in Jacksonville that is investigating the 41-year-old El Faro’s sinking in a hurricane last October.

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