OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who died onboard the doomed Titan submersible, repeatedly ignored warnings his vessel could kill someone
The OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush who died onboard the doomed Titan submersible, repeatedly ignored warnings his vessel could kill someone.
The CEO claimed repeatedly that he felt the submersibles industry was over-regulated, and some of the health and safety measures stifled “innovation”. In an email seen by the BBC, McCallum told Rush: "I think you are potentially placing yourself and your clients in a dangerous dynamic. In your race to [the] Titanic you are mirroring that famous catch cry: 'She is unsinkable'".
He said he had raised concerns over "safety and quality control issues regarding the Titan to OceanGate executive management", according to the filings. The company, which had charged up to $250,000 for the Titanic wreckage tours, also decided against having the craft 'classed', an industry-wide practice whereby independent inspectors ensure vessels meet accepted technical standards.Rush's careless claims "You're remembered for the rules you break and you know, I've broken some rules" - a now eerie comment from the CEO. The businessman gave the quote while being filmed giving a tour of his 22ft vessel.
Rush wanted him to lead the charge because of his experience, and asked McCallum to help him "go a step further and build a vehicle specifically for this multi-passenger expedition." But when McCallum visited OceanGate's workshop in Seattle, he was unimpressed. The ex-student, Mark Walsh, had been the treasurer of WSU’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers club when OceanGate’s director of engineering, Tony Nissen, described some of the company’s challenges, according to the school paper.
No independent inspection Passengers who boarded the Titan had to sign a waiver which makes clear it is an "experimental vessel" that had not been “approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, emotional trauma or death.” Legal filings state: "Lochridge learned that the viewport manufacturer would only certify to a depth of 1,300 meters due to the experimental design of the viewport supplied by OceanGate, which was out of the Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy standards. OceanGate refused to pay for the manufacturer to build a viewport that would meet the required depth of 4,000 meters."
Top news stories today “I was incredibly lucky back then,” the 60-year-old said. Loibl undertook the perilous underwater odyssey in August 2021, diving down over 12,000 metres to the famous wreck in the now infamous submersible. Zip ties A former passenger on the missing Oceangate craft has claimed that zip-ties were used to help repair the sub Right before his voyage, the bracket of the stabilisation tube, which balances the sub, tore and had to be “reattached with zip ties,” he said.
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