OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush crashed a submersible on dive to Andrea Doria wreck years before Titan disaster: ‘He wouldn’t listen’
OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush crashed a submersible into a shipwreck and then threw the vessel’s rudimentary ...
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Beyond the Titanic: The Real Science of Deep Sea Exploration
In this episode, we speak with Tony Perrottet, who profiled the late OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush for Smithsonian magazine in 2019, about our ancient fascination with exploring hostile environments.
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An 'abomination' of a sub – and the boss convinced Titan was safe
The sub was piloted by the company’s CEO Stockton Rush with French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet as co-pilot. Once the craft had slipped beneath the waves, it could send short text ...
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OceanGate co-founder says he hopes submersible tragedy yields renewed interest in exploration
This can’t be the end of deep-diving submersibles and I don’t believe that it will be,” said businessman Guillermo Sohnlein, who helped found OceanGate with Stockton Rush. Sohnlein ...
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Aerospace giants NASA, Boeing dodge Titan claims, say had limited roles
Stockton Rush, OceanGate co-founder, revealed NASA and aerospace manufacturers aided in developing the carbon fiber hull of a submersible that later imploded. NASA's involvement was minimal ...
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“OceanGate came very, very close to killing me,” former Titan crew member says
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A former OceanGate dive passenger and colleague of the late CEO Stockton Rush claimed that Rush knew the submersible he was piloting when it imploded on the way ...
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NASA, Boeing describe limited roles despite Titan's owner touting aerospace ties
OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush said the carbon fiber hull used in an experimental submersible that imploded was developed with help of NASA and aerospace manufacturers, but a NASA official ...
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OceanGate co-founder says company didn't originally set out to build its own sub
Guillermo Sohnlein co-founded OceanGate in 2009 with Stockton Rush, who was one of the five people killed in a catastrophic implosion while on a deep-sea voyage to see the Titanic wreckage in June ...
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Stockton's Measure N would create 3-person panel for police, firefighter contract negotiations
STOCKTON — An initiative on the November ballot would give residents of Stockton a say in how policemen and firefighters can negotiate their contracts with the city. The police and firefighter ...
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Woman dies after hit-and-run near Delta College in Stockton, suspect arrested
STOCKTON — A 23-year-old woman died following a hit-and-run crash near San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton on Thursday night, police said. The Stockton Police Department said the woman was ...
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Titan sub hearings live: Testimony concludes as Coast Guard hears about build up to OceanGate disaster
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush allegedly declared that he would “buy a congressman” to make issues surrounding the Titan sub’s certification go away, a witness testified. Matthew McCoy, who worked at the ...
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Person killed in Stockton hit-and-run crash identified
TO CALL MODESTO POLICE. AND THIS IS NEW TONIGHT OUT OF STOCKTON, STREETS ARE CLOSED NEAR SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COLLEGE AS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT THAT LEFT A WOMAN IN CRITICAL ...