A fired employee warned the company that it could 'subject passengers to potential extreme danger in an experimental submersible.'
"Our apprehension is that the current experimental approach adopted by OceanGate could result in negative outcomesfrom the Marine Technology Society, a 60-year-old trade organization devoted to advancing oceanic technologies.
The letter, which was signed by 38 people, came from the group's Manned Underwater Vehicles committee and was sent to OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who is widely believed to beThe signees of the letter, made up of sea explorers, oceanographers, and heads of private marine companies, asked that OceanGate submit any prototypes to outside inspection and testing.
They also called the company's marketing content "misleading" because it claimed the Titan met or exceeded certain safety standards — and yet the company was not planning to have the craft assessed, according to the"The submersible industry had significant concerns over the strategy of building a deep sea expedition submersible without following existing classification safety guidelines," Will Kohnen, chairman of the committee that penned the paper, told theAfter...
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