Titan submersible implosion final report critical of CEO's inadequate oversight

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Good Morning America

The U.S. Coast Guard has released its final report on the catastrophic implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible, which killed five people on a deep-sea voyage to the Titanic wreckage in June 2023, criticizing the company's CEO, Stockton Rush, and singling him out as a major reason for the disaster.

The 335-page report, released Tuesday, comes nearly a year after the Coast Guard's Marine Board of Investigation held a two-week hearing into the unprecedented implosion of the experimental vessel.

Rush was warned repeatedly about how dangerous his submersible was and not only ignored all the warnings, but threatened anyone who raised concerns, according to the report released Tuesday. Many who spoke up were threatened with lawsuits or termination, it said.

"A false sense of safety and security was created by Mr. Rush through his misrepresentation of the TITAN's safety, achieved by falsely claiming substantial safety margins, misleading mission specialists regarding testing procedures, and exaggerating the number of hull test dives for the final TITAN hull," the report says.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/coast-guard-releases-final-report-121424630.html

[OKIsItJustMe]

1. I recommend "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster" on Netflix

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35628853/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81712178

https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/netflix/netflix-just-added-one-of-the-most-shocking-documentaries-ive-ever-seen-and-it-will-stay-with-you

[groundloop]

4. I watched that several weeks ago, it really pisses you off.

That guy was a con artist who cut corners and then convinced people that everything was perfectly safe.

[OKIsItJustMe]

6. Just so many wrong things

He made scale models to test (good!) every one of them failed (bad!) He decided to go to full scale (unbelievable!)
The team from Boeing, the experts on carbon fiber, in reaction to the tests, said it would fail.
The team from the university told him it would fail.
His own experts told him it would fail. As one put it, “It was an arithmetic certainty.”
…

[Aristus]

9. Having billions of dollars automatically makes the billionaire a bigger "expert" than the experts.

If we can get them all to follow this guy's lead, without taking anyone else with them, our problems with the idle-rich billionaire class will be over very rapidly.

[slightlv]

10. Ot seemed to me in several places

In that show you could sub trump's name for Rush's and you'd still be point on. Another malignant narcissist billionaire getting everything he wanted, slanting the truth, suing everyone who spoke against his 'truth', and making it clear to everyone he'd sue them into poverty if they stood against him. I liked the documentary, thought it well done, but damn I was totally incensed by Rush and his methods from practically the first quarter of the show. People with money seem to be so dangerous to others, both directly and indirectly. Money=power and boy, do they lord that power over everyone.

[OKIsItJustMe]

13. If only T**** would take his self-designed submersible into the void...

I can dream, can’t I?

[yardwork]

2. There are too many billionaires.

They have too much money and free time. They think they're geniuses but most of the time they made their money by being in the right place at the right time, and then investing in the stock market.

Most of them are not as smart as they think they are. They get weird ideas. They tend to be extremely self-centers and selfish. They think they're invincible. They're wrecking the world for everybody else.

[RussBLib]

3. Move fast, break things

die trying

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[cloudbase]

5. A very damning report,

especially as regards the CEO and the company's toxic safety culture.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. I can't help but feel...

That we're all riding in the Titan right now, just before the implosion.

[jmowreader]

8. I just started reading the report

This is on page vii:

Following the implosion, the five individuals aboard were exposed to approximately 4,930 pounds per square inch of water pressure, resulting in the instantaneous death of all five occupants.

[slightlv]

11. One of whom was a teenager doing this with

His dad. It was telling ti me when that one female tech refused to lock them into the titan; someone else had to do it. She said she couldn't live with that on her conscience.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. "not only ignored all the warnings, but threatened anyone who raised concerns,"

Aren't we lucky we don't have anyone like this running the country?