OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Söhnlein defends the late CEO Stockton Rush, one of the victims of Titan’s implosion, against criticism from director James Cameron and others who raised concerns about the safety of the submarine’s carbon-fiber hull.
On Friday, Söhnlein spoke to the UK’s Times Radio and said:
“In this kind of community, there are completely different opinions and views on how to do things: how to design submersibles, how to design them, how to build them, how to operate the dives.”
“But one thing that is certain for me and the other experts is that none of us was involved in the design, engineering, construction, testing or even diving of the submarines. Therefore, it is impossible for anyone to really speculate. from outside”.
Guillermo Söhnlein, who co-founded OceanGate with Stockton Rush in 2009, was active in numerous dives during the early stages of the company.
However, Söhnlein left OceanGate in 2013 when Rush took over as CEO.
Despite this, Söhnlein remained close friends with Rush over the years, revealing on Facebook that they had spoken just weeks before the ill-fated expedition took place.
James Cameron, known for directing the Academy Award-winning film “Titanic” and its extensive ocean exploration, criticized the use of a carbon fiber hull to build the Titan.
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Cameron claimed that it was merely a matter of time before the hull succumbed to cracks due to repetitive diving.
By contrast, in previous instances, Stockton Rush has defended the choice of a carbon fiber hull, citing its higher strength-to-buoyancy ratio compared to titanium.
“I was involved in the early phases of the overall development program during our predecessor replacements to Titan, and I know from personal experience that we were extremely committed to security and risk mitigation was a key part of the company’s culture.” Söhnlein told Times Radio on Friday.
After an extensive and frantic search spanning several days, all passengers are sadly presumed missing after a submersible carrying five people went missing during a tour of the Titanic wreck off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
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OceanGate Expeditions was responsible for operating the 21-foot deep-sea vessel.
He had lost contact approximately one hour and forty-five minutes after submerging Sunday morning. The United States Coast Guard stated that breathable air had run out Thursday morning despite having a 96-hour supply of oxygen.
The Coast Guard had been coordinating global search and rescue operations.
After an extensive and frantic search spanning several days, all passengers are tragically presumed missing after the submersible, carrying five people, went missing during a tour of the Titanic wreck off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
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