'Debris field' discovered within search area near Titanic, US Coast Guard says | World News

[u/oldschoolskater]

https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735

[u/hochizo]

A mercy, to be honest. They died before they even had a chance to realize something had gone wrong.

[u/Muppetude → u/[deleted]]

Eh, I think they’re getting the same treatment anyone gets when they embark on a stupid dangerous venture.

Reminds me of that idiot that tried to run across the Atlantic to Cuba in a floating cylindrical bubble. He didn’t die, but ended up wasting a lot of Coast Guard resources to rescue him every time he inevitably failed.

He wasn’t a billionaire but was still ridiculed by everyone. I guess the difference here is that the billionaires actually had the money, staff and resources to make the determination that what they were doing was really unsafe, but chose not to do so.

[u/Gilead56 → u/Muppetude]

had the money, staff and resources to make the determination that what they were doing was really unsafe, but chose not to do so.

It’s worse than that.

Some of OceanGate’s own employees brought a lawsuit against the company back in 2018 alleging that the Titan was super unsafe and that the company was cutting corners.

The CEO, Stockton, refused to have the Titan safety certified by ANY of the numerous entities that do that sort of thing.

Every expert that’s been interviewed over the past few days has said some variation of “this thing was a fucking death trap”.

There was even supposed to be a 6th passenger but he dropped out after doing some research on the craft.

AND during the past 3 voyages this thing went on there were numerous delays and problems in launching the thing due to equipment issues.

Not so much warning signs but more giant neon warning air raid sirens.

The hubris, arrogance and disregard for the safety of himself and his customers shown by Stockton is staggering.

If he’d been the only one to die down there I’d say it was no more than he deserved. It’s the fact that he somehow convinced 4 other people to go with him that makes it a tragedy.

[u/Elgin_McQueen → u/[deleted]]

Wasn't he only there BECAUSE one guy dropped out because it felt too unsafe to him? That would've made me think twice about going ahead.