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minus-squareBabyVi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·3 days agoHumans have scuba dived deeper than 663ft. This isn’t even remotely comparable to what the last sub went through. I’m guessing this location was chosen as an easy win for the publicity.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoAlso, how does this company even still exist? I’d assume the victims billionaire families would have sued them out of existence/way into bankruptcy.
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·3 days agoIt doesn’t. Oceangate is completely dissolved. The co-founder of OceanGate started his own company called Blue Marble Exploration, and they are planning to start SCUBA diving in Dean’s Blue Hole. Not the same company. No submersible involved at all. Literally nothing newsworthy about this than the founder’s connection to OceanGate.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoHe also left the company in 2013. This is just ragebait headlines.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoWhat does Dean have to say about this?
minus-squareLordSinguloth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoThey signed release forms, waivers, etc You can only sue for actual damages, as expressed monetarily. Just cause we don’t like these rich fucks doesn’t mean they are stupid
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoJust cause you signed a waiver doesn’t mean you can’t sue. Especially when the victims have more money than god, they will sue and win regardless…
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIt probably helps that the risks were obvious to everyone, too.
Humans have scuba dived deeper than 663ft. This isn’t even remotely comparable to what the last sub went through. I’m guessing this location was chosen as an easy win for the publicity.
Also, how does this company even still exist? I’d assume the victims billionaire families would have sued them out of existence/way into bankruptcy.
It doesn’t. Oceangate is completely dissolved.
The co-founder of OceanGate started his own company called Blue Marble Exploration, and they are planning to start SCUBA diving in Dean’s Blue Hole.
Not the same company. No submersible involved at all.
Literally nothing newsworthy about this than the founder’s connection to OceanGate.
He also left the company in 2013. This is just ragebait headlines.
Ah, thank you.
What does Dean have to say about this?
They signed release forms, waivers, etc
You can only sue for actual damages, as expressed monetarily.
Just cause we don’t like these rich fucks doesn’t mean they are stupid
Just cause you signed a waiver doesn’t mean you can’t sue. Especially when the victims have more money than god, they will sue and win regardless…
It probably helps that the risks were obvious to everyone, too.