Summary of the day's Titan submersible tragedy updates
Here are some of the day’s highlights:
The aunt of the 19-year-old killed aboard the Titan said the young man was gravely afraid of going on the exploration. But he did so to please his father.
Online commenters and journalists are calling out Stockton Rush, the CEO and co-founder of OceanGate who was killed onboard the Titan submersible, for his goals of using his deep sea exploration tourism as a cost-effective tool for oil and gas companies.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has announced that it is launching an investigation into the loss of the Titan sub. A team of investigators is now traveling to St John’s, Newfoundland, to “gather information, conduct interviews, and assess the occurrence”, it said.
UK and US officials picked up a “large acoustic signal” indicating an implosion of the Titan sub days ago, but did not release the information to the public or some members of the rescue teams because it was classified, according to a UK naval source.
OceanGate, the company behind the Titan submersible, exaggerated details of the industry partnerships behind the development and engineering of its sub. Boeing and the University of Washington have denied the company’s claim that they helped design the sub.
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Online commenters and journalists are calling out Stockton Rush, the CEO and co-founder of OceanGate who was killed onboard the Titan submersible, for his goals of using his deep sea exploration tourism as a cost-effective tool for oil and gas companies.
His father, Richard Stockton Rush Jr, is the chairman of Peregrine oil and gas company based in northern California. In addition to his familial ties to the industry, Stockton Rush sought to sell his submersibles as a tool for companies who want to explore deep sea drilling opportunities but aren’t willing to pay for the machinery that would support that field research.
In a 2017 Fast Company article, Rush said that OceanGate wouldn’t be involved in oil production, but instead were, “just going to be involved in inspection, repair, and maintenance”.
Click here to read the Fast Company piece in it entirety.
feels so relevant that Stockton Rush was in the tourist submersibles business bc he ultimately wanted to sell the tech to the oil & gas industries. so many different kinds of death drives at play! (screenshot from: https://t.co/ckxsOHE5qY) https://t.co/3ybGgW4zdN pic.twitter.com/l64ZgnW63v
— molly smith (@pastachips) June 23, 2023
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