This comes a month after OceanGate's submersible imploded in the ocean, killing all five on board.
reported earlier that some grave concerns were raised about the safety of the submersible. A former employee of the OceanGate had raised alarms about the flaws in its carbon hull and urged the company to have an outside agency certify the vessel. But the employee’s verbal warning went unnoticed, and he was fired shortly afterward.
OceanGate had previously said in a now-archived blog post that getting the Titan certified would be lengthy and could stifle its innovative techniques. In the interview with Insider, Söhnlein said that Rush saw the certification process as a distraction. Söhnlein added that explorers must take calculated risks in endeavors that push boundaries.
He believes that the deaths in the recent submersible tragedy shouldn't deter humans from continuing to investigate carbon fiber-hulled submersibles as a way to reach the bottom of the ocean.
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