In a final report of more than 300 pages published today, the American Coast Guard analyzed 2023 Titan The sub-implosion of all imaginable angles and came to a clear conclusion: the CEO of Oceangate Stockton Rush was a dangerous and deeply unpleasant boss.
His company used “intimidation tactics” to get around the regulatory examination, it was a “toxic” workplace, and its security culture was “critically”. THE Titan he himself was “undocumented, not recorded, not certified, [and] not classified. “As for Rush, he managed to” completely ignore vital inspections, data analyzes and preventive maintenance procedures “. Titanic Wreck site.
If Rush had survived in one way or another, the report indicates that it would have been referred for prosecution.
The CEO of Oceangate Stockton Rush shows David Pogue the 2010 era game controller had used to pilot the Titan sub during a CBS Sunday morning Broadcast of the segment in November 2022.
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Launch the controller
A little story on a video game controller shows what Rush was working. You may remember Rush of a sadly famous 2022 CBS Sunday morning segment, where Rush showed journalist David Pogue around the Titan below. “We follow it all with this game controller,” said Rush, holding a Logitech F710 controller with 3D printed thumb extensions. Pogue loussa, saying: “Come on!” As he covered his face with his hand.
The game controller had been used in Oceangate SUBS for years at that time; A 2014 video showed a used to control the company earlier Cyclops I submersible. In 2016, Oceangate took the Cyclops I To dive the wreck of Andrea Doria Apart from Nantucket, Massachusetts. (Seinfeld fans will remember that an entire episode is taken up with George’s quest to get an apartment that was going to go to a Andrea Doria survivor.)
The Oceangate team spent two days on the site, running 2D and 3D scans of the cast ship, until Rush obtains the Cyclops I “Stuck under the bow of Andrea Doria Wreck “- and he could not obtain the submarine. [the assistant pilot] help resolve the situation. When a mission specialist suggested that Mr. Rush gives the controller to the assistant pilot, the assistant pilot reported that the controller had been launched. After obtaining the controller, the assistant pilot was able to release Cyclops I from the wreckage. “”
