Expired material

[mowens]

If the is true,  it is absolutely inexcusable. Saying it's expired for airplane use is meaningless. Milk is usually ok for a short while after the use by date but there's no guarantee and you take your chances. We have used expired material on some test pieces, but not when testing for strength or impact resistance. The operator hates it because it gets dried out and brittle. Crispy is how one operator described it. Using it for this application would be insane.

https://www.insider.com/oceangate-ceo-said-titan-made-old-material-bought-boeing-report-2023-6?amp

[CNCAppsJames]

Rush previously touted the cost-saving benefits of carbon fiber versus the standard titanium and claimed in a 2021 hat "carbon fiber is three times better on a strength-to-buoyancy basis than titanium."
"And underwater, that's what you care about," he added.

🧐

[RobertELee]

This is what happens when Diversity Inclusion and Equity (DIE) are your key hiring metrics. Rush even stated he didn't want experienced sub operators "50 year old white guys" working for him. He wanted people who were "inspirational"

[JParis]

Appears that's not accurate on expired Boeing material....we'll have to see if it holds

OceanGate declined to comment on Weissmann's claims. Boeing initially declined to comment, but later said the company "has found no record of any sale of composite material to OceanGate or its CEO."

"Boeing and University of Washington deny OceanGate's claim that they helped design the lost Titan sub"

https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-university-of-washington-deny-helping-design-oceangate-titan-submersible-2023-6?r=US&IR=T&_gl=1*i837hh*_ga*YW1wLU1rbHF5czhLb1VzMTBwRmtPeUtjQ3c.

[mowens]

My first thought was that it came from a Boeing vendor.

It may not be true, but it seems plausible given Rush's disregard for other issues with composite material in this application.

[RobertELee]

My first thought was that it came from a Boeing vendor. 

Yes that was my thought as well. Or a warehouse/surplus sale which likely had "Boeing" written on its packaging and dumbass was like 'Hey, I'm working with Boeing!'