Titanic tour CEO Stockton Rush said he didn’t hire ’50-year-old white guys’ because they were NOT ‘inspirational’ – as footage emerges of him boasting of previous ‘invulnerable’ sub designed to explore ‘unsinkable’ Titanic
By MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
- Stockton Rush, 61, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions once said he refused to hire ’50-year-old white guys’ because they are not ‘inspirational’
- In another interview, he insisted that his Cyclops submersible was ‘invulnerable’
- Rush is now missing onboard that vessel, which OceanGate refused to put through independent testing
The now-missing CEO of a company that takes passengers onboard a submersible to see the site of the Titanic wreckage once told how he refused to hire ’50-year-old white guys’ with military expertise because they are not ‘inspirational.’
Stockton Rush added in that interview with Teledyne Marine that expertise is not necessary because ‘anybody can drive the sub’ with just a $30 video game controller.
In another interview, Rush insisted the Cyclops vessel he designed before the doomed Titan was ‘invulnerable,’ saying he was willing to ‘put my money where my mouth is.’
Rush, the 61-year-old CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, is now missing onboard his Titan ship along with four other passengers, including British billionaire Hamish Harding, French Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet and Shahzada Dawood, a UK-based board member of the Prince’s Trust charity, along with his son Sulaiman Dawood.
The vessel had not been heard from since early Sunday morning, and officials fear those on board now have less than a day of oxygen left.
It has since been revealed that OceanGate refused to put the Titan through independent testing and fired a director who asked for more rigorous safety testing.