Stockton Rush obituary and cause of death linked to Titan submersible

Stockton Rushs obituary and cause of death have been shared online after his death occurred as a result of the catastrophic implosion of the Titan submersible. In 1962, Stockton Rush was born in California into a wealthy shipping and oil family. After being admitted to the prestigious boarding school Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire,

Stockton Rush’s obituary and cause of death have been shared online after his death occurred as a result of the catastrophic implosion of the Titan submersible.

In 1962, Stockton Rush was born in California into a wealthy shipping and oil family. After being admitted to the prestigious boarding school Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, he graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering in 1984.

He qualified for a jet transport rating, the highest pilot rating attainable, at the age of 19, making him the youngest pilot in the world.

He worked on F-15s and anti-satellite missile projects in the hopes of one day becoming an astronaut for the US space program. But when a voyage to the Red Planet grew more and more out of reach, that aspiration gradually lost its charm.

“If someone would tell me what the commercial or military reason to go to Mars is, I would believe it’s going to happen,” Mr Rush told Fast Company magazine. “It’s just a dream.”

Stockton Rush cause of death linked to Titan submersible

As a result, he turned his attention inside and established OceanGate in 2009, a private corporation that gave clients—Mr. Rush liked the word “adventurers”—the option to experience deep sea travel, including to the Titanic wreck.

The business was small and closely knit, with its headquarters in Everett, Washington. At the company’s headquarters, Rush would preside over staff meetings while his wife Wendy, a graduate of Princeton’s class of 1984, served as his director of communications.

The corporate headquarters, according to a junior employee who worked at OceanGate from 2017 to 2018 and requested anonymity, appeared cosy and lived-in, with wiring and equipment apparently everywhere. It was quite spontaneous. The captain was Mr Rush.

“He was just really passionate about what he was doing and very good at instilling that passion into everybody else that worked there,” the employee told the BBC.

CEO Of OceanGate obituary: See tributes to Stockton Rush after death

All five people on board the missing sub were killed when it was destroyed in a “catastrophic implosion” while it was descending. The submersible set off on an excursion to investigate the Titanic debris off the coast of Newfoundland on June 18, but two hours later it lost contact.

The U.S. Coast Guard is in charge of the search and rescue effort after the submersible craft carrying five passengers vanished in the vicinity of the Titanic site in the North Atlantic on Sunday.

OceanGate was the owner of the boat. People all across the world were eagerly awaiting updates on the condition of those on board and any new information on the submersible as a result of the breaking news.

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