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OceanGate CEO used college interns to design sub’s electrical system
« on: July 03, 2023, 03:13:09 pm »
OceanGate CEO used college interns to design sub’s electrical system: report

By Yaron Steinbuch   
July 3, 2023

OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush College hired college interns to design the electrical systems for the ill-fated Titan submersible that killed him and four other people, according to an explosive new report.

Rush, who allegedly ignored safety warnings while charging wealthy tourists $250,000 for dives to the Titanic shipwreck, hired students from Washington State University to work on the critical systems, The New Yorker reported.

“The whole electrical system — that was our design, we implemented it, and it works,” a former intern told the college paper in February 2018, according to the mag.

“We are on the precipice of making history and all of our systems are going down to the Titanic. It is an awesome feeling!” he added.

Meanwhile, OceanGate’s former director of marine operations and chief pilot has said the Titan was a “lemon” and not safe to dive in 2018, The New Yorker also reported in its wide-ranging piece.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/03/oceangate-ceo-used-college-interns-to-work-on-sub-report/
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Re: OceanGate CEO used college interns to design sub’s electrical system
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2023, 05:43:48 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on July 03, 2023, 03:13:09 pm
OceanGate CEO used college interns to design sub’s electrical system: report

By Yaron Steinbuch   
July 3, 2023

“The whole electrical system — that was our design, we implemented it, and it works,” a former intern told the college paper in February 2018, according to the mag.

“We are on the precipice of making history and all of our systems are going down to the Titanic. It is an awesome feeling!” he added.

True enough. They're just not coming back up.
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Re: OceanGate CEO used college interns to design sub’s electrical system
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2023, 05:48:00 pm »
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Rush  .  .  .   hired students from Washington State University to work on the critical systems, The New Yorker reported.

Wazzu?  Seriously?  LMAO!!!
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Re: OceanGate CEO used college interns to design sub’s electrical system
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2023, 05:49:47 pm »
I'm guessing that the electrical system may not have been the culprit in the sub's destruction.

Material failure of the hull components due to repeated stress and de-stressing would seem more likely.   
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Re: OceanGate CEO used college interns to design sub’s electrical system
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2023, 07:04:30 pm »
Sounds like the interns designed the one thing that did not fail.
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Re: OceanGate CEO used college interns to design sub’s electrical system
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2023, 07:44:46 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on July 03, 2023, 05:49:47 pm
I'm guessing that the electrical system may not have been the culprit in the sub's destruction.

Material failure of the hull components due to repeated stress and de-stressing would seem more likely.
Yep. That's where my money is, too.
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