CEO Stockton Rush of missing Titanic submarine never hid possible dangers from those onboard, expedition divers reveal
"Things go wrong all the time. This is not a rollercoaster, this is not a thrill ride; this is exploration and this is a new kind of exploration.
"The trip is actually kind of beautiful and more peaceful than you would've thought - but you could die at any minute or things could go terribly wrong, and that's just part of the experience." "Where I was worried about not getting back to the surface, or about the sub imploding, and so Stockton gave me a tour and showered me that there are seven redundant ways the sub can get itself back to the surface [...] so I was greatly reassured that even if all else failed, we would still come back to the surface."
It comes as court documents from 2018 revealed that a senior former employee of OceanGate raised "safety concerns" over the sub but was "met with hostility". The Cyclops 1 served as the prototype for the Titan, which can reach staggering depths in excess of 13,000 feet.Crew members lost contact with the Titanic submarine on Sunday afternoon14
"We have clients that are Titanic enthusiasts, which we refer to as Titaniacs," Rush told Rogue of OceanGate's clientele. In 2020, OceanGate announced it was working with NASA to ensure the submersible was strong enough to withstand the 13,000-foot descent to the site of the Titanic. "I've taken three different dives with the company and every time communication was an issue," said Reiss, 63.
Reiss said the Titan was lost for almost three hours, "blindly searching" for the wreck site 12,500 feet below the surface of the water. "There's no GPS on the water. Traditional radio doesn't work underwater. So the surface ship has to look down to see where everything is and relay instructions to the sub pilot.
Pogue never got to see the Titanic. During his dive, the Titan made it down to around 37 feet before it ran into mechanical issues and had to return to the surface.late Tuesday, it was revealed that one ex-OceanGate Expeditions employee hired to protect the safety of submersibles and their passengers and crew, years ago claimed that Rush and other company executives ignored warning signs the Titan may be unsafe.
OceanGate officials reportedly told him there was no equipment in existence that could perform such tests. “Paying passengers would not be aware, and would not be informed, of this experimental design, the lack of non-destructive testing of the hull, or that hazardous flammable materials were being used within the submersible."
The final message sent from the vessel placed it directly above the Titanic - which lies at a depth of 12,500 feet around 373 miles off the coast of Newfoundland,The U.S. Coast Guard is now in a race against time to locate the lost subversive as oxygen supplies inside the carbon-fiber sub dwindle with each passing minute.
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