Behind the scenes of the Titanic tour disaster… Allegations about the CEO shocked
OceanGate, which organizes tours of the Titanic that sank in 1912, is in hot water over the latest incident.
The company vehicle, which was unable to return from the organized tourist tour to the accident on Sunday, has not yet been located. As hopes for the vehicle, which includes the CEO of the tour company, Stockton Rush, were lost, talk of the company’s and Rush’s negligence began again.
Although OceanGate communicated the news of his disappearance to the authorities eight hours later and continued with its activities despite the fact that the vehicles that will carry out these routes were not safe, although the experts previously affirmed it, now what was said has drawn attention once again. by rush. about how he built his team.
Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate
MANAGE VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER
The OceanGate CEO explained in a previous interview that it is not hiring white men in their 50s with military experience to captain its ships. Stockton Rush, 61, said that experience was unnecessary because anyone could drive the sub with a $30 video game controller:
“We can train someone to pilot the sub, we use a game controller so anyone can use the sub.”
YOU DON’T FIND INSPIRING EXPERIENCED PEOPLE
Rush also explained that he preferred young people for such a task rather than working with experienced people:
“I wanted our team to be younger, more inspiring. A 25 year old rig operator or one of our technicians can be inspiring. That’s why we try to get really smart and motivated young people involved because we’re doing completely new things.”
The founder and CEO, who ran the missing Titan submarine with a cheap video game controller, has been stuck in the tiny vehicle since Sunday with four wealthy adventurers who have paid $250,000 each for the ride.
Authorities say the rescue operation is underway to find the vehicle and save the crew, who are getting less oxygen with each passing hour.