For those who are unaware: A couple billionaires, a pilot, and one of the billionaires’ son are currently stuck inside an extremely tiny sub a couple thousand meters under the sea (inside of the sub with the guys above).
They were supposed to dive down to the titanic, but lost connection about halfway down. They’ve been missing for the past 48 hours, and have 2 days until the oxygen in the sub runs out. Do you think they’ll make it?
Poor pilot :(
the pilot is/was the sub company’s CEO. He’d fired the whistleblower who’s pointed out the sub’s faults.
fired AND tried to sue him for “leaking company information”
Good phrasing.
That’s some karma.
According to David Lochridge (their Director of Marine Operations who was fired and sued for whistleblowing), the passenger viewport was only certified for depths of up to 1,300 meters (4,265 feet), and OceanGate would not pay for the manufacturer to build a viewport certified for 4,000 meters, the depth at which the Titanic rested. .
https://apnews.com/article/titanic-missing-submersible-lawsuit-oceangate-0e5fc9a0313938fdf408b1459538d9ef
I don’t understand…
So, the CEO knows this, decided against upgrading the viewpoint putting his giga wealthy customers at risk, who likely could sue him or just straight up ruin him, decided to go with it anywa, AND boarded the sub himself.
My brain doesn’t comprehend this logic.
My sense is that this is a guy who has (had) gotten very, very lucky in life and mistook that for genius and infallibility. I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out that he has broken the law in many instances.