OceanGate's former finance director quit after CEO Stockton Rush told her to captain ill-fated Titan subOceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told previous passengers to 'sleep' when sub battery went 'kaput' for 24 hours“The Titan changed position and fell like an arrow vertically, because the 400 kilos of passengers that were in the porthole compromised the submarine. They all rushed and crowded on top of each other," he said.
“It's difficult to get an idea of what they experienced in those moments. After those 48 seconds, or one minute, the implosion and instantaneous sudden death occur.” Five people died in a catastrophic implosion while aboard the Titan sub, including the company's CEO Stockton Rush, on June 18. Rush had been travelling down to the Titanic wreckage with British billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul Henry Nargeolet, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman.reported by several people connected to OceanGate, the company that built Titan, have since emerged.
Last week, OceanGate, the company that carried out the expeditions announced it would be suspending all exploration and commercial operations after the incident.