OceanGate CEO Fatal Dive in Titan Submersible: Previously Called It ‘Safest Thing Ever’

OceanGate CEO Fatal Dive in Titan Submersible: According to the documents, the US court said that the CEO and co-founder of OceanGate Guillermo Sohnlein who died on the Titan submersible last year insisted on being part of the test drive himself if "anything happens" and noted it was "one of the safest things I will ever do."

During an ongoing investigation into the incident, the US Coast Guard announced documents revealed that CEO Stockton Rush talked to the employees before the disaster, these conversations included many problems with the submersible.

The OceanGate submarine which was heading to the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic imploded on the way.

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The co-founder of OceanGate said that Rush insisted on driving the submarine years before the dangerous trip if something went wrong.

Rush told Guillermo Sohnlein that he did not "want anybody else on that sub."

He said, "If anything happens, I want it to only impact me. It's my design. I believe in it. I trust it, but I don't want to risk anybody else and I'm gonna go by myself.”

The co-founder of Oceangate considered Rush a brave, and positive leader, but the company's former operation director David Lochridge has a different picture of Rush.

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The former operation director David Lochridge said that Rush was only interested in making money. He said that during the previous dive, Rush panicked a lot because of the lack of experience.

David Lochridge said that the CEO of the company was confident that his design was perfect. He also added that Rush told him, "I'm not dying. No one is dying under my watch - period. I've got a nice granddaughter. I am going to be around. I understand this kind of risk, and I'm going into it with eyes open and I think this is one of the safest things I will ever do.”

Lochridge said that after his meeting with Rush, he was fired. After that, he told the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration about his concerns but OceanGate's lawyers suppressed the case.

The former operation director insisted that the incident couldn’t have happened if the company was thoroughly investigated.

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