OceanGate Employee Resigned After Co-Founder Said He'd 'Buy a Congressman'
Ex-OceanGate employee Matthew McCoy said the company's co-founder, Stockton Rush, suggested buying his way through red tape.
OceanGate CEO Wanted To ‘Buy A Congressman’ If Titan’s Titanic Dives Were Blocked
The CEO of the company behind the doomed Titan submersible that imploded killing five people last year was reportedly prepared to go to extreme measures to get his controversial craft in the ocean. Former OceanGate boss Stockton Rush reportedly told colleagues that he was prepared to bribe lawmakers if it meant his missions to the depths of the Titanic could get underway.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said he would ‘buy a congressman’ to bypass Coast Guard: ex-employee
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said he “would buy a congressman” to make any problems regarding the doomed Titan submersible’s expedition “go away,” a former employee testified on Friday. Matthew McCoy,
Coast Guard wraps hearing into OceanGate’s doomed Titan expedition
The hearing on the Titan submersible’s implosion featured testimony painting Stockton Rush as an ego-driven CEO who skirted regulations.
OceanGate employee pushes back against idea of ‘desperation’ to complete missions
One of the top officials with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic is scheduled to testify in front of the Coast Guard.
Former OceanGate employee testifies CEO said he would ‘buy a congressman’ if the Coast Guard blocked Titan expedition
Former OceanGate employee Matthew McCoy testified Friday that at a lunch meeting in September 2017, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him that if he ran into any issues with the US Coast Guard ahead of the Titan expedition,
OceanGate CEO said he could ‘buy a congressman,’ ex-employee testifies
The Coast Guard hearing on the Titan submersible’s implosion featured testimony painting Stockton Rush as an ego-driven exec who skirted regulations.
Stockton Rush said he ‘would buy a congressman’ to make problems with Titan expedition ‘go away,’ ex-employee claims
A former OceanGate employee testified that Stockton Rush said he “would buy a congressman” to make problems regarding the Titan sub’s expedition “go away."
OceanGate co-founder said he'd 'buy himself a congressman' if Coast Guard interfered with Titanic dive
A former OceanGate employee revealed that co-founder Stockton Rush of the company told him that he would 'buy himself a congressman'
OceanGate asked workers to forego paychecks, former employees tell investigators probing Titan implosion
The company that developed and operated the doomed Titan submersible asked its employees to forego paychecks as it faced ...
NTSB spots flaws in hull of Oceangate’s Titan submersible and focuses on a bang
Investigators found flaws in the hull that was made for OceanGate's Titan sub — plus changes in how the hull responded during ...
Submersible expert who went on early Titan dive: 'OceanGate came very, very close to killing me'
Karl Stanley, the owner of the Honduras-based deep-sea diving expedition company, testified on Tuesday during the U.S. Coast ...
OceanGate gave passengers jobs on Titan sub to skirt regulations, witness says
OceanGate charged six-figure prices to dive to Titanic ruins. Passengers had the title “mission specialist,” but the work was ...
OceanGate confirms earlier prototype of imploded Titan submersible was struck by lightning
A representative for OceanGate has confirmed to The Independent that the hull of the Titan submersible which imploded last ...
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Advice King: What Can We Learn From OceanGate?
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NASA disagreed with how OceanGate wanted to invoke the agency: Titan hearing witness
Justin Jackson, a materials engineer with NASA, testified Thursday during the U.S. Coast Guard's hearing into the June 2023 ...