Holly Patrick @ The Independent:
The OceanGate CEO believed to be missing on board a Titanic exploration submersible described how the vessel was “built with camping” parts and operated with a “game controller” in a resurfaced video.
In November 2022, Stockton Rush told CBS the Titan craft was built with “off-the-shelf components.”
Pointing at parts of the vessel, Mr Rush said: “We can use these off-the-shelf components. I got these from Camping World.
“We run the whole thing with this game controller,” he added, picking up a gamepad.
Reporter David Pogue said pieces of the submersible seemed “improvised,” but Mr Rush told him the vessel would be “safe” even if parts didn’t work.
Mr Rush is believed to be among the five-person crew aboard the craft.
My main issue with this is: why it didn’t have a location tracker? All sorts of vessels big and small have some sort of tracker. Makes no sense not to have one.
I know nothing about any of this but it was my first thought too. Even if it's a shitty tracker where you gotta get within 20ft to recognize it, it's something.