OceanGate CEO designed Titan sub to implode, friend claims

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 11:20 · Archive

A friend of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush claims he deliberately designed the Titan submersible to implode at the Titanic wreck.

Karl Stanley, a commercial submersible expert and longtime friend of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, claims in a forthcoming book that Rush intentionally designed the Titan submersible to implode. Stanley told author Matthew Gavin Frank for the book 'Submersed: Wonder, Obsession and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines' that Rush wanted to become part of 'Titanic mythology' and was willing to die to become the central character of the story.

The Titan submersible lost contact with its support ship on 18 June 2023 while descending to view the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic. Debris was found four days later, and officials announced the vessel had imploded, killing all five people onboard. The passengers who died were CEO Stockton Rush, French underwater explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, British adventurer Hamish Harding, and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman. Each passenger had paid up to $250,000 for the expedition.

Stanley described the submersible as a 'mousetrap for billionaires' and alleged that Rush knew the excursion was designed to be fatal. A U.S. Coast Guard investigation later determined the disaster was preventable.

How it is being reported

• OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush wanted to join ‘Titanic mythology’ when Titan sub imploded, friend claimsKarl Stanley claims OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush intentionally designed the Titan submersible to implode, calling it a "mousetrap for billionaires."Fox News · 21 Oct, 11:00
• OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush always planned to die in doomed Titan submersible that was a ‘mousetrap for billionaires’: friendHe didn't just murder four wealthy people and get paid a cool mill to do it -- they are allll part of the Titanic mythology now.”New York Post · 20 Oct, 12:42

In this story: Stockton Rush · Karl Stanley · Paul-Henri Nargeolet · Hamish Harding · Shahzada Dawood · Suleman Dawood · OceanGate · Titanic

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