Titanic sub live updates: Five people on vessel dead after 'catastrophic implosion' - BBC News

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[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Well I'd say the pilot and CEO of OceanGate did kinda deserve it. From the bits and pieces we've heard he, must have known the thing wasn't very safe, and he still risked other people's lives along with his own. I don't know what anyone has against the passengers though, aside from just hating rich people.

[–]Alienhunter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He seems like a right idiot to me though I'd still not say he deserves death. But he did dig his own grave.

I heard he had fired some big wig in his company years ago for essentially raising a bunch of safety concern with this plan that would have sank the endeavor. Forget the woke angle here, I think he's just hiring young and inexperienced types because he's more likely to get yes men.

Where a 50 year old experienced submariner might well tell him to shove it.

[–]Dontcaretoday 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not sure if it makes it better that he went on it also, since that implies that maybe he actually believed himself that it was fine and he wasn't just knowingly endangering people for profit. He's still at fault either way though. It's their job to make sure they are taking every precaution and hiring experienced people, then actually listening to those people. The only fault from the passengers far as I can tell is that they trusted OceanGate was a responsible company