There is evidence to suggest OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush — one of five people killed June 18 when the submersible Titan ruptured near the ocean floor — emphasized simplicity over complexity when it came to Titan’s engineering. During an interview last year with CBS News, Rush showed off Titan’s basic interior, which included one power button, two video screens and a gaming controller for steering the 6.7-metre vessel.
“One way to view those mishaps is proof of success,” Rozdilsky said. “But successful, high-risk organizations look at that from a different perspective: they … see these near misses as opportunities to improve …. There’s a preoccupation with failure, not a preoccupation with success.”As for OceanGate, it has become clear in recent weeks that Titan experienced many problems before and during its 3,800-metre dives to the Titanic wreck site over the past three years.
Even as Titan was being built in Everett, Wash., red flags were being raised. In January 2018, then-director of marine operations David Lochridge filed a report identifying serious safety concerns including improper testing of its carbon-fibre hull, according to court documents filed in Washington state.
Wiseman said Transport Canada should have had jurisdiction over the OceanGate operation. The federal department said last week it would respond to a request for comment, but did not.Story continues below advertisement
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