Patrick Lahey, the president of Triton Submarines, told the Times that Stockton Rush had a talent for convincing people that the Titan was safe.

“almost all sub accidents are the result of pilot error”.

But it was his error, and as far as I know, he also was the pilot, so…

This quote stands out specifically because he chose to use a Logitech Bluetooth game controller to pilot the sub. All around madness.

Boz (he/him)
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Depressingly, it sounds like that controller was not even close to the most poorly-chosen component.

TWeaK
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Truth. Wired controllers FTW.

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