taking passengers on board. exactly. would you ever have taken passengers on board a submersible that had not gone through the standard maritime safety protocols? no. not at all. i mean, my sub that i went to the challenger deep dove safely three times deeper than titanic. we made multiple dives in that sub. that sub was a single seater. and it was only contemplated that myself and the engineer with whom i co-designed the vehicle would be the only pilots of that sub. and we worked on it for seven years. we knew every detail of it intimately. i was involved in every phase of the testing. so you know, i assessed the risks. i understood them very well. and those were risks i was willing to take. i would never take it upon myself to ask someone else to take that type of risk. and if i were designing a multiseat vehicle where i intended to be the pilot we d go through all of the rigorous test protocols and review protocols that you have with, let s say,
component of the sub, is safe and capable of handling depths down to 4,000 meters repeatedly with people on board. reporter: employees also offered testimonials. it s one of the best parts about being in a submersible is we get to bring other people with you. just seeing the excitement they get from going underwater is pretty awesome. i found several shipwrecks, about 30 shipwrecks that no one s ever found before, and i would love to visit them in a manned sub. reporter: after all the excitement plenty of successful missions and all the hope it would forever change ocean exploration. excitement, thrills king of the world! and adventure on the high seas. reporter: randi kaye, cnn. during james cameron called the carbon design, quote, completely inappropriate for a vessel that sees external pressure. he said, quote, you may have successful dives that fail
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titan. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: in april 2018 employees of oceangate including its ceo and co-founder stockton rush christened the brand new titan submersible it had just developed. the project was four years in the making. this will be one of the great moments of submersibles in that this technology is what we need to explore the ocean depth. we re going to go to 4,000 meters after our testing in the bahamas, assuming all things pan out as we expect and we validate our engineering. and that will open up 50% of the planet. reporter: oceangate used its social media channels and its website to drum up excitement about the titan. its website describes the titan as a state-of-the-art vessel used to explore the wreck of the titanic through its titanic expeditions. in one oceangate youtube video rush teased the submersible as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. you ll see things that no one has ever seen before. there is just a ton of things to look at. all kinds of amazing thi
hamish harding and stockton rush well, who was involved with two missions involved with reaching the titanic. i m sorry for your loss. can you just talk about how you re feeling, what went through your mind when the u.s. coast guard finally announced the catastrophic implosion? yeah, it was obviously devastating and unhearting when we finally heard the verdict, if you like. was trying to be very optimistic and trying to stay positive and hoping for a little miracle for the submersible to come up to the surface. it became increasingly clear that time was up, and obviously with the u.s. coast guard giving the final verdict, that was it. heartbreaking, devastating. the world has lost five great men, i m afraid. the fact that this vehicle had gone down to the titanic on a number of occasions, had