Here’s video from one of Stockton Rush‘s remaining dives within the OceanGate submersible … a failed expedition from weeks earlier than the deadly implosion.
YouTuber Jake “DALLMYD” says he was on the Titan for a mission to the Titanic shipwreck earlier this yr, and he recorded his expertise with Stockton on the controls.
In this expedition, Stockton exhibits off the notorious online game controller he makes use of to maneuver the tiny submersible … and the footage additionally highlights the cramped quarters inside.
The sub went into the water however the dive was finally canceled after a collection of malfunctions and poor climate situations … on this journey, they by no means made it deep under the floor, and did not get wherever close to the Titanic shipwreck on the underside of the Atlantic.
Of course, Stockton took the identical sub on one other expedition Sunday with totally different passengers … and it imploded.
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“Titanic” director James Cameron blamed Stockton for the ill-fated journey … saying he ignored security considerations very similar to the captain of the actual Titanic.
It’s fairly attention-grabbing footage in hindsight … and Jake wonders what might have occurred to this group if the sub dove deeper on his abbreviated expedition.
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