The Truth Behind OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush's Credentials

Stockton Rush was a young Prodigy who made a career out of pushing the limits but a 2018 lawsuit concerning those limits foreshadowed the disaster that was to come on June 18 2023 the terrible news broke that a submersible passenger vessel had gone missing more than 400 miles south of St John's Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean the american-built craft known as the Titan was carrying five passengers

British businessman Hamish Harding shazana Daywood and his 19 year old son Suleiman French explorer Paul Henry nargale and Stockton Rush the CEO of Ocean Gate Expeditions the company responsible for the journey other than rush they were all commercial passengers and each pay to reported 250 000 to venture to the seabed and explore the wreck of the Titanic in the days that followed a collaborative search and

rescue effort from the U.S the UK Canada and France made headline news as Rescuers raced against time to bring the crap to the surface before the passengers ran out of air on June 22 2023 the Coast Guard announced in a press conference at the Titan likely imploded killing All Aboard Rush was 61 when he died our most heartfelt condolences go out to the loved ones of

the crew news outlets sought to uncover what might have gone wrong on board the submersible that led to such a catastrophic emergency and delved into the history of Russia and his company Ocean Gate Rush was a distinguished Handler of various forms of transports whose company had been in operation for many years there also however a few notable controversy surrounding Ocean Gate safety procedures look at just

the world's youngest jet transport rated pilot to the day from a wealthy oil family Rush graduated from New Hampshire's Phillips Exeter Academy and earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in aerospace engineering from Princeton University afterward he earned a master of Business Administration from the University of California Berkeley the New York Times reports while in college Rush spent his vacations as a subcontractor for Saudi Arabian Airlines

flying passengers to Europe Africa and the Middle East since then Rush was involved in various companies some of which were focused on Marine Technologies such as radar more saliently Rush built his own aircraft and submarine the latter of which he dove with more than 30 times he once dreamed of becoming an Air Force pilot but was ineligible for training due to poor eyesight Stockton Rush founded

Ocean Gate Incorporated in 2009 according to the company's website the ocean gate crew has focused on increasing access to the deep ocean through innovation of the next generation of crude submersibles and launch platforms the company has operated three submersible since then including the Titan an Innovative craft built for modern lightweight materials to reduce operating costs the website claims that Ocean Gate has undertaken over 14 Expeditions

and more than 200 Dives in total the company does not specify how many of those were captained by rush but the history of Ocean Gate to this point isn't entirely unblemished as reported by several news outlets there was some controversy of the company concerning 2018 complaint to the occupational safety and health administration filed by the company's director of marine operations David Lockridge who was fired after

raising doubts about the safety of the Titan a court filing by lockridge's lawyers warned that quote paying passengers would not be aware and would not be informed of the Titan's experimental design lockridge's position was supported by a number of experts in the industry including the Marine technology society's committee on manned submersibles Lockridge and others warned Rush of Titan's safety shortcomings and Ocean Gate in turn sued

Lockridge for breach of contract as Marine technology Society chairman will Conan told Guardian news the Titan was an outlier due to its lack of certification there are only 10 vehicles in the whole world that can go 4 000 meters or deeper all of them are certified except the Titan [Music]