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  • ‘It’s Like Peanut Butter’: Doomed OceanGate CEO Had Described Glue Holding Titan Together

    07/06/2023 9:45:34 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 61 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | By Hank Berrien • Jul 6, 2023
    In a 2017 video posted to his company’s YouTube channel, OceanGate Expeditions’ CEO Stockton Rush, who perished along with four passengers on the ill-fated Titan submersible in mid-June, described the glue holding the vessel together by comparing it to a popular food. The 2017 video showed the submersible being put together as Rush asserted, “It’s pretty simple, but if we mess it up, there’s not a lot of room for recovery,” Then he added, “The glue’s very thick, so it’s not like Elmer’s Glue; it’s like peanut butter.” Rush had been warned years before the tragedy that his vessel was...
  • Titan passenger says OceanGate CEO told them to SLEEP when they got stuck at bottom of Atlantic

    07/06/2023 6:08:52 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 68 replies
    MSN ^ | July 4, 2023 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo
    A man who was once a passenger on the doomed Titan submersible has claimed that OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush suggested the crew sleep on the vessel overnight while they were stuck at the bottom of the Atlantic. Jaden Pan's 2021 expedition took a terrifying turn when the Titan's battery died just over two hours into its descent to the Titanic wreck on the ocean floor. Speaking to the BBC last year, the videographer recalled the moment Rush told the passengers that the battery had gone 'kaput.' Rush reportedly told passengers they needed to go back to the surface when they...
  • OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush once said that instead of older, 'ex-military submariners' hired by his rivals, he wanted a 'younger' and 'inspirational' team of 20-somethings for his Titanic submersible

    07/04/2023 6:14:49 AM PDT · by libh8er · 50 replies
    Insider ^ | 7.4.2023 | Matthew Loh
    OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said in an old interview that he preferred not to hire veteran submarine pilots or technicians to keep his team "younger" and "inspirational." Rush, who died in June on board his submersible, the Titan, was speaking with executives from Teledyne Marine, a marine-equipment manufacturer. While the interview was undated, a recording of the video meeting was published by Teledyne in August 2020, according to metadata seen by Insider. The recording has been deleted, but Insider reviewed an archived version. In the video, the Teledyne executive Matt Burdyny told Rush that he accompanied OceanGate on a submersible...
  • Canadian officials say 'presumed human remains' have been found in wreckage of Titan sub recovered from 12,500ft below the Atlantic after 'catastrophic implosion' killed Titanic Five

    06/28/2023 3:22:36 PM PDT · by Morgana · 57 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | June 28, 2023 | Melissa Koenig
    Human remains have been found in the wreckage of the Titan submersible on Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced. This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
  • 'Sub owner said I was stupid' says Jewish billionaire offered place on Titan

    06/27/2023 12:38:07 PM PDT · by xxqqzz · 67 replies
    Jewish Chronicle ^ | June 27, 3023 | Staff
    Jewish billionaire Jay Bloom says he and his son Sean were offered two seats on the ill-fated Titan submersible but declined to join over safety concerns and scheduling issues. The American real estate developer, who is based in Las Vegas, said Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman ended up taking their available seats. Dawood and his son were among the five people who died instantly when the submersible imploded on a mission to explore the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic. “Every time I see a picture of that Pakistani businessman and his 19-year-old son, I...
  • Tragic university student, 19, who was killed in Titanic submarine 'implosion' was 'terrified' about the trip and only joined the crew to please his dad for Father's Day, heartbroken aunt reveals

    06/22/2023 7:00:39 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 44 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 6/22/23 | Arthur Parashar & Elena Salvoni
    The British university student who was killed in the tragic Titanic submarine 'implosion' was 'terrified' about the trip and only joined the crew to please his dad for Father's Day, his heartbroken aunt has revealed. Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, 19, were two of the five victims killed instantly when the OceanGate submersible suffered a 'catastrophic implosion' just 1,600ft from the bow of the Titanic, according to the US Coast Guard. The other victims were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French Navy veteran Paul-Henri (PH) Nargeolet and British billionaire Hamish Harding. They had been missing since the Titan...
  • CEO Didn’t Hire ’50-Year-Old White Guys’ With Experience to Guide Titanic Sub Because They Aren’t ‘Inspirational’, Skimped on Safety Inspections

    06/21/2023 10:00:54 PM PDT · by bitt · 68 replies
    legalinsurrection.com ^ | 6/21/2023 | mary chastain
    Oxygen might give out today for the 5 people in the sub. There are five missing on the OceanGate Titan sub: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British businessman Hamish Harding, father-and-son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, who are members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families, and Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a former French navy officer and leading Titanic expert. An interview with Stockton Rush from 2018 shows that a woke mindset can be deadly:
  • What’s it like on the Titanic sub? Ex-passenger recalls trip amid ‘torturous’ wait for news

    06/21/2023 1:13:55 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 62 replies
    Global News ^ | June 21, 2023 3:41 pm | By Sean Previl
    “Intense worry” is how a former passenger of the missing Titanic submersible describes his feelings as he waits with hope that the five people onboard, including two of his friends, will be found safely. Alfred Hagen, president of Hagen Construction and Development and a self-described adventurer from Pennsylvania, spoke with Global News about his connection to the ship and recounted his own journey he took into the ocean depths in 2021. His friends Paul-Henry Nargolet, a French diver considered a world expert on the Titanic, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush were on the submersible when it went missing Sunday. “As...
  • Titan Sub: OceanGate CEO Didn't Want to Hire '50-Year-Old White Guys' Because They're Not 'Inspirational'

    06/21/2023 6:02:41 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 185 replies
    Information Liberation ^ | June 20, 2023 | Chris Menahan
    OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who went missing aboard his Titan submersible vessel along with four other passengers on Sunday, told an interviewer he didn't want to hire a bunch of "50-year-old white guys" like other submarine companies because he wanted his team to be "inspirational." WATCH: SHOCKING VIDEO AT LINK............. [Embed starts at 5:01] "When I started the business, one of the things you'll find, there are other sub-operators out there but they typically have gentleman who are ex-military submariners and you'll see a whole bunch of 50-year-old white guys," Rush told a representative with Teledyne Marine. "I wanted our...
  • Titan's depth capabilities were downgraded short of the Titanic

    06/20/2023 3:01:27 PM PDT · by CedarDave · 69 replies
    NBC News ^ | June 20, 2023 | Ben Goggin
    The hull of the Titan vessel "showed signs of cyclic fatigue," according to a January 2020 interview with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who is aboard the missing vessel. Rush told Geekwire that due to that stress, the hull rating was downgraded to a depth of 3,000 meters, 800 meters short of the Titanic's depth. In a December 2019 slideshow that appears to have been presented to the Deep Submergence Science Committee of the University — National Oceanographic Laboratory System, OceanGate listed the depth capability of the Titan as 3,000 meters. But in 2021, OceanGate announced that Titan, not another vessel,...
  • First 8K Video of the RMS Titanic

    09/03/2022 1:16:28 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 26 replies
    YouTube ^ | August 30, 2022 | OceanGate Expeditions
    During our 2022 expedition to the world's most iconic shipwreck, we were able to capture the very first 8K video of the Titanic. You can join and be part of the 2023 Titanic Expedition and help us document this historic site. (must be able to hold breath a long time)First 8K Video of the RMS Titanic | August 30, 2022 | OceanGate Expeditions
  • Not “Rational” US Officials Block Rescue Mission of Titanic Tourists

    06/20/2023 11:37:21 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 142 replies
    Independent Sentinel ^ | June 20, 20233 | By M Dowling
    With only hours of oxygen left in the submersible that was touring the Titanic, it has gone missing over the wreckage. By 12 pm on Thursday, the oxygen will be depleted. The sub, carrying five people, has been missing since Sunday when it lost all contact while exploring the wreckage of the famous ship 13,000 ft under the sea. GB News said the US is holding up a possible rescue. Rescuers say it’s not a rational decision. Even if it is located, it would not be easy to rescue those on board, given the depths. It’s down about two miles....
  • Titanic tourist submersible live updates: Rescuers race against time as passengers are identified...A prominent Pakistani businessman and his son are among those onboard the missing vessel, it has emerged.

    06/20/2023 6:40:43 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 128 replies
    NBC News ^ | Updated June 20, 2023, 8:35 AM CDT | By NBC News
    The desperate search for a missing submersible that vanished during a mission to explore the wreck of the Titanic continued on Tuesday as more information about those onboard came to light. The submersible, which is part of an OceanGate Expeditions tour that offers passengers a once-in-a-lifetime experience to explore the Titanic wreckage, went missing on Sunday after losing contact with the research vessel Polar Prince. British billionaire and owner of Action Aviation Hamish Harding was among the five people onboard the vessel, along with prominent Pakistani businessman, Shahzada Dawood, and his son, Suleman. The other two people onboard have yet...