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Well it turns out he was wrong and the "armchair experts" were right. Though insinuating all critics were "armchair experts" is pretty disingenuous. There were

Well it turns out he was wrong and the "armchair experts" were right. Though insinuating all critics were "armchair experts" is pretty disingenuous. There were plenty of real experts raising serious safety concerns, including the guy who got fired for not approving manned test dives because of them. If there was a strong consenus among real experts that this thing was safe, then they would have had no trouble getting the relevant safety certifications.

croes 3y ago
"Mathioudakis said that the safety concerns raised by the two former OceanGate employees in 2018, as well as the letter from industry leaders, were "before the extensive testing completed in 2019." He added that OceanGate had responded to those concerns in the past and changed the hull to increase the level of safety."
- kelnos 3y ago
  Doesn't mean they increased the "level of safety" by a margin that was actually necessary to make it safe. And completing extensive further testing doesn't necessarily invalidate or address the prior criticisms raised.
- jamiek88 3y ago
  Yeah but they kept the window rated to 1300 meters.
croes 3y ago
We still don't know what happened, so we don't know who was right.