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Fortune
Chloe Taylor

‘I don’t want to be tattle tale, but I’m so worried he kills himself and others.’ Ex-OceanGate employees exchanged emails about how dangerous the Titan sub was and the CEO’s ‘quest to boost his ego’

Stockton Rush, OceanGate CEO, speaks at a press conference next to the company's Cyclops 1 submersible. (Credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Former employees of OceanGate, the company behind the ill-fated Titan submersible dive, once exchanged emails in which concerns were raised that the company’s CEO would “kill himself and others” by prioritizing glory over safety obligations.

The Titan submersible went missing off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, on June 18 as it went in search of the Titanic shipwreck in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

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