A six-month-old CBS report on OceanGate’s Titanic tourism submarine is going viral on social media after reporter David Pogue raised safety concerns about the now-missing vessel.
Pogue visited OceanGate’s operations last year and was submerged in the $1M submarine, named Titan, which vanished off the coast of Canada on Sunday.
It was carrying a pilot and four passengers, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush. Before boarding the sub, Pogue was given a tour of the vessel, during which he commented on its “improvised design.” This included lighting from Camping World and an unofficial Playstation controller used to drive the submarine. “It seems like this submersible has some elements of MacGyvery jerry-rigged-ness.
You are putting construction pipes as ballast,” Pogue said to Rush in an interview. “I don’t know if I would use that description,” Rush replied.
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