New details about Titan Tragedy: Interns were responsible for onboard electronics

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After the submarine accident, new, tragic details keep coming to light. Now it’s known: apparently the Ocean Gate group employed interns who designed parts of the imploded submarine.

As the American magazine “The New Yorker” reports, Ocean Gate CEO Stockton Rush († 61) would have hired students from Washington State University as interns. These would have worked on the submarine’s electronic systems.

«The whole electrical system is our design. We’ve implemented it and it works,” former student Mark Walsh allegedly said in an old issue of the university newspaper, as the New Yorker writes. Walsh graduated in 2017. After his internship at Ocean Gate, he was hired by the company as a senior electrical engineer.

An Ocean Gate spokesperson declined to comment on the allegations against the New Yorker. However, CEO Rush is known to ignore numerous security demands. In a video message, the victim said, “I want people to remember me as an inventor. I broke some rules to do this. I broke them with logic and good technique.”

Rush used carbon fiber, among other things, to build the submarine. This material is stiffer and less elastic than titanium. Submarines that dive this deep are usually made of a spherical titanium structure. This is elastic and shrinks to adapt to the enormous pressure.

Rush knew the risk. He built the boat anyway. His explanation: “There’s a rule that you don’t use carbon fiber and titanium together – and I did.” (zis)

Source: Blick