![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/titanic-submarine-ceo-rush-knew-it-would-end-like-this-as-friend-questions-death-wish/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_oceanagteJPG.jpg&description=Karl Stanley, who was among the first to dive in the Titan submersible, said OceanGate's CEO Stockton Rush seemingly knew of the tragic outcome and designed a catastrophic plan targeting billionaires The CEO of the firm behind the doomed Titanic submarine knew his experimental approach to submersibles would end in tragedy, his friend has sensationally claimed. Stockton Rush was CEO of the submersibles company OceanGate and was creator and pilot of the Titan submersible that went on its last expedition to the wreck of the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on June 18, killing him and four other passengers. Mr Rush had done this trip multiple times before, but friend and submarine expert Karl Stanley, who had also travelled in the Titan, has shockingly told a documentary his pal was fully aware of the risks and could have predicted the catastrophic outcome. Mr Stanley, a Honduran tourist submarine operator, was among the first to step foot in the Titan while on a test dive in the Bahamas back in 2019. Speaking in a documentary, he had harsh words for the late Mr Rush and his risky expeditions. Mr Stanley told 60 Minutes Australia: "He definitely knew it was going to end like this. He literally and figuratively went out with the biggest bang in human history that you can go out with." He noted that the OceanGate boss had accomplished a rare feat by being responsible for the demise of two billionaires, who even willingly paid for the service. "And [he] was the last person to murder two billionaires at once, and have them pay for the privilege," he said. Mr Stanley blasted that Mr Rush had created a "mousetrap" for his high-profile customers. "I think Stockton was designing a mousetrap for billionaires," he said. When asked by the interviewer, "so you're saying, he had a death wish?" he replied: "The only question in my mind is when (he had a death wish). "He was risking his life, his customers' lives, to go down in history. He's more famous now than anything he){kind=link}
Karl Stanley, who was among the first to dive in the Titan submersible, said OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush seemingly knew of the tragic outcome and designed a catastrophic plan targeting billionaires
The CEO of the firm behind the doomed Titanic submarine knew his experimental approach to submersibles would end in tragedy, his friend has sensationally claimed.
Stockton Rush was CEO of the submersibles company OceanGate and was creator and pilot of the Titan submersible that went on its last expedition to the wreck of the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on June 18, killing him and four other passengers.
Mr Rush had done this trip multiple times before, but friend and submarine expert Karl Stanley, who had also travelled in the Titan, has shockingly told a documentary his pal was fully aware of the risks and could have predicted the catastrophic outcome.
Mr Stanley, a Honduran tourist submarine operator, was among the first to step foot in the Titan while on a test dive in the Bahamas back in 2019.