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floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Titanic sub CEO was on a 'predatory' mission to convince influential people to support his unsafe vessel, says expert

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Titanic sub CEO was on a 'predatory' mission to convince influential people to support his unsafe vessel, says expert

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floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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Patrick Lahey, the president of Triton Submarines, told the Times that Stockton Rush had a talent for convincing people that the Titan was safe.
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    “almost all sub accidents are the result of pilot error”.

    But it was his error, and as far as I know, he also was the pilot, so…

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      This quote stands out specifically because he chose to use a Logitech Bluetooth game controller to pilot the sub. All around madness.

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        Depressingly, it sounds like that controller was not even close to the most poorly-chosen component.

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        Truth. Wired controllers FTW.

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