Karl Stanley, who was a one-time passenger of the Titan submersible that imploded last month near the wreck of the Titanic, blamed OceanGate’s CEO, Stockton Rush, for the terrible accident.
Stanley, a friend of Rush, said that the CEO created a “mousetrap for billionaires”. In an interview with 60 Minutes Australia on Sunday, Stanley said that he’d warned his friend that the carbon fibre and titanium craft was dangerous.
Stanley said, “He knew it would end like this. He literally and figuratively went out with the biggest bang in human history that you can go out with. He was the last person to murder two billionaires at once and have them pay for the privilege.”
When asked if Rush had a “death wish,” Stanley replied that the “only question is, ‘When?’ He was risking his life and his customers’ lives to go down in history. He’s more famous now than anything else he would’ve done.”
During the interview that aired on Monday, Stanley asked, “He quite literally and figuratively went out with the biggest bang in human history that you could go out with, and who was the last person to murder two billionaires at once, and have them pay for the privilege?”
The Titan submersible imploded, killing all five on board when it was on a voyage to see the century-old wreck of the Titanic earlier this month. The company’s CEO, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet were among those who lost their lives.
