OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush: The Mastermind Behind the Billionaire's Mousetrap

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Source: The Guardian
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush: The Mastermind Behind the Billionaire's Mousetrap
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Karl Stanley, a passenger of the ill-fated Titan submersible that imploded over the wreck of the Titanic, has claimed that OceanGate's CEO, Stockton Rush, knew the expeditions would end in disaster but continued to create a "mousetrap for billionaires." Stanley, who had warned Rush about the dangers of the carbon fiber and titanium craft, believes that Rush designed a submersible that ultimately failed due to a collapse of the carbon fiber tube under intense water pressure. The accident is currently under investigation by multiple authorities.

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