Why the Titanic sub imploded | 60 Minutes Australia

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” - Charles Bukowski

I was a cave diver in the 1980s and 90’s. My colleagues used to call me the “deco queen” because I saw no need to try and exit the water as quickly as possible instead opting to build safety factors into my decompression schedules. We were doing deep cave dives over 300 feet deep. I was always the last to surface, to their jeers and derision. They would already have all their gear stowed and were changed into street clothes when I was still climbing out of the water. I was also the only one who never suffered from decompression sickness. Never let anyone pressure you into cutting safety corners.

The guy was like most business owners. Cut corners where you can, break rules, save costs even if it jeopardize safety, and fire people who talk.

That opening statement is just so raw: "The reward for the titan passengers was supposed to be life changing. Instead, it was life ending"

I like the reporter keeping it real when she said there must be something wrong with the sub because 5 people are dead.

Clear to me that Stockton Rush felt he was right and everyone else was wrong. Avoid those people at all costs.

Funny how the cofounder deflected every question thrown at him

60 Minutes Australia is easily one of the most entertaining and informative news shows period. It’s so much better than the original US version that they should take pointers. They always deliver!

The look on his face after being told by the reporter “apparently something went wrong because 5 people are dead.” Was priceless 🤔

I have a mechanical engineering degree & Stockton Rush had an aerospacial engineering degree, so I know we both studied fatigue failure, so after watching this video, I'm still baffled how Stocton Rush wasn't doing testing to retire his sub before fatigue failure. It's gross negligence.

I love 60 min Australia. Your stories are just so well produced. Your interviews are fair & not biased. Thankyou for putting these on you tube.

At 1:26 ...I'm sorry Stockton, what did you say you were going to steer this thing with? "A nintendo controller"? Ok, I'm out.

LOL that one guy from Oceangate says James Cameron doesn't know what he's talking about yet Cameron has dived to the Titanic 33 times and even built his own submersible to go down into the Challenger Deep, which is the deepest point of the ocean on the planet. Did it SOLO and came back to tell the tale.

I love Australians. They are as un-filtered as they come. She didn’t hold back asking anything.

Some chilling parallels between the fates of the Titanic and the Titan. Charging ahead recklessly despite the warnings, safety a secondary concern. One way of looking at this is that 111 years after she sank, Titanic claimed her final five victims. Here's hoping that lessons have been learnt, and they are indeed the final ones lost.

There are (8) words to describe Stockton Rush: (1) delusional (2) negligent (3) Megalomaniacal (4) Ignorant (5) Cheap (6) Inexperienced (7) Narcissistic (8) Comedian

The idea that "you don't die, you just cease to exist" is terrifying. It's unimaginable, going from life to nothingness in the middle of blinking or a speaking one syllable.

Well done to the father and son who didn’t trust the quality of the submersible and pulled out.

I think what breaks my heart the most is the level of gleeful contempt people have toward the victims. A kid died. And yeah, he was 19 and not an actual child, but what 19 year old deserves to be mocked and ridiculed after his death. He trusted the adults around him. He trusted his dad. He had done nothing criminal, or diabolical, or even lived long enough to make a significant impact on the world one way or the other.

Ayo can we appreciate Stockton’s friend being a real one?!? What a good dude.