A camera operator who went on a test drive of the Titan sub compared the prospects of filming the Titanic site to 'playing Russian roulette.'
‘LIKE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE’
They were barely 100 feet deep in calm water, which begged the question: "How is this thing going to go to 12,500 feet — and do we want to be on board?" Weed said. They were barely 100 feet deep in calm water, which begged the question: "How is this thing going to go to 12,500 feet — and do we want to be on board?" Weed said.
"It was looking more and more like we weren’t going to be the first guys down to film the Titanic — we were going to be maybe the 10th," Weed said of the possible Titan expedition. "I felt like every time goes down, it’s going to get weaker and weaker. And that’s a little bit like playing Russian roulette."
Reiss said he went on three trips with OceanGate in waters near New York City — and that the company took safety seriously. "I don’t know if that’s an equipment failure or because magnetism is different two and a half miles down," he said.Arnie Weissmann, editor in chief of Travel Weekly, never rode in the Titan despite spending a week aboard its support ship in late May, waiting for the weather to clear. He briefly climbed into the submersible, but the dive was ultimately canceled.
But he also was a strong leader, said Weissmann, who recalled Rush leading lengthy planning meetings and urging anyone who was interested to read a book called "The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right" that he left in the ship’s lounge. If a repair was complex, Weissmann said Rush would tell those assigned to it to pause for five minutes after completing it to make sure it was done correctly.
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