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OceanGate CEO Bragged About Using Expired Carbon Fiber to Build Doomed Sub (futurism.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@beehaw.org

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New evidence strongly suggests that OceanGate's submersible, which imploded and killed all passengers on its way to the Titanic wreck, was unfit for the journey. The CEO, Stockton Rush, bought discounted carbon fiber past its shelf life from Boeing, which experts say is a terrible choice for a deep-sea vessel. This likely played a role in the submersible's tragic demise.

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What do we call this scandal? It happened in the Atlantic ocean, and scandals are usually named -gate...

How about AtlanticGate?

[–] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

OceanGateGate

[–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, this reminds me of a "scandal" in the Skyrim mod community called GateGate.

[–] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a reference to this sketch in case you are one of the lucky ten thousand today.

[–] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It's been a while since I've seen that, so definitely flew over my head. Love Mitchell & Webb.

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

BillionaireImplosionParty?

[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It happened in water... Maybe WaterGate? Have we used that one yet?