• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
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    2 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 duct taped inside it.

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      2 years ago

      They operated in international waters, so no regulation applies really. This is exactly what the less government people want - you choose of your own free will to contract with this company knowing the risks. I imagine it’s similar to lots of dangerous recreation out there like the sub orbital flights. That said, I would have noped out of it based on the one article describeing the legal processes and forms you had to sign.

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        2 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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          2 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.