OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who died on the sub, ignored safety warnings from deep sea exploration specialist.
In email obtained by BBC, he replied: “We have heard the baseless cries of 'you are going to kill someone' way too often. I take this as a serious personal insult.”
Wall Street Journal reports that a top secret U.S. Navy detection system heard the implosion of the Titan submersible days ago, hours after the craft had begun its journey.
Me: A submersible got lost looking for the Titanic.
Husband, a Titanic geek: Oh, they’re gone.
Me: Well, there’s a search and rescue—
Husband: No, they’re gone.
Me: But they do have 36 hours of oxygen left—
Husband: They’re gone.
Me:
Husband: Don’t ever go in the ocean.