OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush dismissed fears of 'really loud bang' heard on Titan sub before doomed voyage
Footage has emerged of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush dismissing fears about a "loud bang" heard on the Titan submersible, saying all diving vessels make some kind of noise.Mr Rush, who was one of five people killed aboard the sub during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck, downplayed concerns after a crew member reported hearing the sound.
In a clip from the BBC's The Travel Show, broadcast last year, he said they heard a "really loud bang" while theHe admitted it was "not a soothing sound" but insisted that "almost every deep-sea sub makes a noise at some point".
And a former OceanGate employee who was fired after raising safety concerns sent an email saying he was worried Mr Rush would end up dead along with others "in a quest to boost his ego".David Lochridge was worried about the carbon-fibre hull, saying it wasn't used in other subs. The new claims emerged in The New Yorker who said 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.Canadian authorities are investigating the disaster.
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