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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

A whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate’s submersible in 2018. Then he was fired.

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A whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate’s submersible in 2018. Then he was fired.

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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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The director of marine operations at OceanGate was fired after raising concerns about its first-of-a-kind carbon fiber hull.

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I still can’t get over the CEO’s name.

Stockton Rush.

Sounds like something out of an Ayn Rand novel.
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  That and the name of the company already has the scandal suffix. Like it was just waiting to happen.
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    That is absolutely hilarious

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