'I was thinking we're not going to make it': The horrifying moment the Titan sub spins out of control on a previous descent, panicking passengers
Several reports have emerged about safety concerns with the Titan raised ahead of its fateful final dive. At least some of these concerns appear to have been ignored by OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who was on the ship.director of marine operations, was fired after repeatedly raising concerns about the safety of the Titan sub.
The claims emerged in The New Yorker who said Mr Lochridge wrote: “I don’t want to be seen as a Tattle tale but I’m so worried he kills himself and others in the quest to boost his ego.“I would consider myself pretty ballsy when it comes to doing things that are dangerous but that sub is an accident waiting to happen.Mr Rush dismissed concerns about a “really loud bang” during a previous dive, it also emerged.
In a 2021 interview, he appeared to boast about ‘bending the rules’ in the construction of the Titan. Alongside Rush, 61, British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, experienced Titanic explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son, Suleman Dawood, also died.
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