“the employee ultimately most responsible for the safety of anyone sailing” on the sub. The head of marine operations requested to scan the hull for the safety report, and Rush allegedly refused.
“None of the warnings were heeded,” the lawsuit adds, even though he was told about the safety problems.
The lawsuit claims that on that tragic day, an alert from the acoustic safety system went out, signaling that the hull was “cracking under extreme pressure.” It goes on to say that the crew knew they were going to die before they actually died.
The cracking sound of carbon fiber likely became louder as the water crushed down on TITAN’s hull, according to the crew.
“According to the experts, they would have kept going down, knowing full well that the ship had already failed irreparably, being terrified and mentally tortured until the Titan finally collapsed.”
According to NBC News, OceanGate has halted all exploratory efforts after the tragedy, and the Coast Guard’s investigation into the event is continuing.
