Jeanne Le Borgne 07/22/2023 at 17:08
Since the sinking of the Titan, criticism of the submersible developed by OceanGate has multiplied. One of the sharpest allegations comes from James Cameron. An attack to which Guillermo Söhnlein, co-founder of the company, did not react without reaction.
Nobody believed that he was unsinkable. So said James Cameron and dozens of other marine life connoisseurs after the tragic accident of the Titan submersible on June 18. The director of the Titanic therefore assured that the carbon fiber design of the OceanGate ship was “too experimental to carry passengers and that it should be certified”.
One of the saddest aspects of this catastrophe is how avoidable this sinking actually was.
James Cameron on the BBC
James Cameron “don’t know” replies today to Guillermo Söhnlein, co-founder of OceanGate, who spoke at length with Insider to defend his company and submersible. Opportunity to argue: “I know from experience that safety was very important to us.”
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OceanGate co-founder defends himself
For Guillermo Söhnlein, “a handful of people have cast a negative shadow on OceanGate and its submersible Titan,” while “there are many other people who don’t speak up and disagree with these four.” For the co-founder of OceanGate, “all media reports about the danger of this situation” are therefore based on criticism from:
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- James Cameron, director and seabed expert;
- Dave Lockridge, former director of naval operations at OceanGate, was fired after revealing “a lack of non-destructive testing of the Titan hull”;
- Will Kohnen of the Marine Technology Society, who had sent a warning letter to the head of OceanGate saying he was misleading the public by falsely claiming that Titan met industry safety standards;
- Diving expert Karl Stanley, who asserted that OceanGate “designed a mousetrap for billionaires”.
Guillermo Söhnlein criticizes: “In 15 years, this company has probably employed around 200 people and disappeared dozens of people, but you only hear from four people.”
OceanGate’s big boss is absent from his media trial
Above all, Guillermo Söhnlein regrets that “the world had only one leading expert in the use of carbon fiber that went to the depths of the oceans, and that is now gone.” He is referring here to Stockton Rush, the Titan pilot and Big Boss of OceanGate, who is one of the five victims.
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The other victims are French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, British billionaire Hamish Harding, and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Sulaiman.
Since this tragic accident, the American company has ceased operations.