• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    I read the company skipped a load of safety and redundancy checks. Thats crazy…if it’s true. Cutting corners to save a few bucks .

    I’m not surprised due the greed that exists in the world but this should require the same level of regulation as a plane or a rocket . Not some metal cylinder with a $30 controller duck taped inside it.

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      3 years ago

      So, they made their seabed and now lie on it?

      It’s hard to find empathy for those guys.

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        3 years ago

        Hopefully the company goes out of business and there is someone held accountable but I won’t hold my breath. Its sad for the families all the same.

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          3 years ago

          It will probably go out of business declaring bankruptcy, to avoid paying any indemnification or fines for the use of emergency resources.

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          3 years ago

          Sure, it’s sad for the families, but I find that my empathy is better off being spent elsewhere.

          Even if some employee got caught in this CEO’s whims, that employee already sold his life away upon embarking on a sub made by a company whose head thinks “safety just is pure waste.”

          What’s a waste is this CEO not surviving to regret his very words.

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      3 years ago

      It’s actually astounding that this company seemingly gave zero fucks and was just allowed to go through with this. Like, I assume there was some permitting/process that needed to be obtained to go dive to the Titanic. I have to write overblown safety memos at work when just dealing with simple pressurized inert gas cylinders. How did this happen? Lol I wouldn’t even use a logitech wireless controller to game on my PC.