Titan sub: Emails show OceanGate chief executive dismissed safety concerns over vessel

After the catastrophic implosion of the vessel, the other co-founder of OceanGate, Guillermo Sohnlein, defended the firm – describing regulations surrounding visits to the Titanic wreckage as 'tricky to navigate'

OceanGate CEO and co-founder Stockton Rush. File Picture: AP Photo/Bill Sikes

The chief executive of the company responsible for the Titan submersible dismissed safety concerns over the deep-sea vessel, emails have shown.

The BBC reported Stockton Rush, who was one of the five people who died in Titan’s catastrophic implosion, had previously written that he had heard “baseless cries” of “you are going to kill someone” – which he believed were a “serious personal insult”.