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Titan submersible documentary director blames implosion on OceanGate CEO
The "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster" documentary director is pointing fingers at OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, blaming him for the 2023 fatal implosion.
"It comes down to Stockton Rush," Mark Monroe said in the Netflix documentary. "The decisions he made led to this. It was a cult of personality. If you went against him, you were likely to be out."
The implosion, which happened during the sub's sixth descent to the wreckage of the Titanic, killed five people, including Rush. The Netflix documentary examines Rush's background and "his quest to become the next billionaire innovator."
In the documentary, Bonnie Carl, the company's ex-bookkeeper, said that Rush "wanted to be a Jeff Bezos or an Elon Musk."
Titan submersible safety concerns allegedly ignored by CEO Stockton Rush
Rush wanted to reduce the weight and cost of the vessel by using carbon fiber instead of heavy titanium, according to Variety. The carbon fibers allegedly started snapping way before the implosion in June 2023. Colleagues and experts warned Rush during the time that it was unsafe, but the documentary claimed he didn't listen.
A submersible vessel named Titan was used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic. (OceanGate Expeditions via AP)Matthew McCoy, at left, a former OceanGate employee, talks with the Coast Guard's Thomas Whalen after testimony ended during the final day of the Coast Guard investigatory hearing on the causes of the implosion of an experimental submersible headed for the wreck of the Titanic, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)The Titan Marine Board listens to testimony from Amber Bay, Former OceanGate Director of........© The Hill
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