And kills another four.
Stockton Rush builds a tin can, ignores several advisers suggesting dangerous possible catastrophic Failure and attempts to head down to a depth of 12 500 feet below the Atlantic Ocean Surface, not far short of four Kilometers to view the Titanic wreck dealing with water pressures of around 6 000 pound per square inch
Imagine how an aluminium drink can full or empty being run over by a 54 ton Truck and trailer, might eventuate.
Sadly others trusted the ultra arrogant and perished with him, In addition to Rush, the implosion killed the French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, the British adventurer Hamish Harding and the British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman.
The damning report into the crushing of the “Titan” by the US Coast Guard reveals Rush’s actions would have likely resulted in serious charges in a US Court had he survived, however Karma intervened.
No Minister 
There were others who were blowing the whistle, but the industry seemed powerless to do anything. So the industry is implicated, and needs to make sure that any concerns expressed are able to be dealt to.
Ya pays ya money and ya takes ya chance!
Whether you’re climbing Everest, going Everest deep in the wet stuff or driving in New Zealand there appears to be no difference.
I can’t see your point.
Aside from the danger of shitty commercial experiences there’s also the fact that it turns adventure into something banal, as I pointed out here back in 2019, Great things made Ridiculous:
That is a queue of climbers, 320 of them in fact, standing on a mountain ridge just a few days ago: Wednesday, May 22, waiting to make the final climb to the summit.
You really can’t?
“Adventure” requires risk.
I suppose part of that risk is being subject to nasty, snarky remarks from sideline-sitters.
There’s risks and then there are stupid risks. Plenty of real mountaineers, not sideline-sitters, who have climbed the likes of Everest, K2 and such, have poured scorn on scenes like the one above, where every year there are tourists who simply expire from altitude sickness on the mountain, their bodies left behind.
Same with the sub: just bloody stupid risks for what? To see a famous, century-old wreck?
The risk is only stupid if you don’t come back.
The sub group were all volunteers old enough to consider the risk involved (including how safe the equipment was) and, to me, they were no stupider than the tosser who just lit his cigarette – probably less so, they died quicker.
An example of my thinking on risk: In my late teens I first travelled at 100mph. I was riding a Suzuki 500 two-stroke on the road between Hawea and Wanaka, wearing shorts, a singlet, jandals, sunglasses and a grin (with flies).
Stupid risk? Yes.
Would I do it now? You bet!
Why? Because I still bloody remember the ride well over 50 years later.
My only fear now would be surviving the crash.
The sub crowd (not sure about the Everest crowd) no doubt thought similarly: “live fast, die fast”.
It probably comes down to risk v reward. I’ve no interest in mountain climbing or diving to the bottom of the Atlantic to see the wreck of the Titanic.
On the other hand, if the Devil appeared before me right now and asked for my soul in return for walking in the Valley of Taurus-Littrow, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second.
The whole sub thing looked dodgy with it’s playstation controls and the cavalier owner/driver. I was surprised at the (what I thought) the high calibre (aka rich pricks) paying passengers. Maybe they had run out of thrilling things to do?
Would anybody here sign up to go… down?
MT… Yep, but, would you do it as a pillion, someone else at the controls? A bod with cowboy history who was not known to be 100%.
Prob still crack 90 mph two up on the Suzuki if you were 2 skinny blokes no bulky helmets and thin sunnies…
Kevn
Did a Jack Nicholson/Easy Rider type ride through the Lindis on the back of the same bike .
One off and I only remember the fear.