OceanGate boss Stockton Rush admitted that he’d 'broken some rules' to create the Titan sub
“I think I broke them with logic and good engineering behind me. The carbon and firmer and titanium, there’s a rule you don’t do that - well I did.
They also questioned the "speculative" source of the underwater noises that have been detected by rescue crafts and predicted that the incident will trigger an investigation into how deep-sea activities are regulated in the future. He added that the Victor 6000 remotely operated vehicle is, he believes, the "only thing" that is on site with the capability to get down to the sea bed and explore.
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