MOSCOW, June 23 the same gaming joystick as the sunken Titan submersible, Newsweek writes. Last year, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush invited him on a trip in a bathyscaphe.
Pogue was amazed that the unit was controlled using a Logitech F710 bluetooth gaming joystick.
The article says that the US Navy uses controllers on some submarines since 2018. Capt. 2 Reed Koepp noted that joysticks were cheaper and were easier for young sailors to get used to using their experience in video games. Navy officials have adapted game controllers for this purpose, which can cost less than $ 30 depending on the place of purchase, Newsweek writes. June 18, about an hour and 45 minutes after the dive.
According to the US Coast Guard, the wreckage of the bathyscaphe was found about 200 meters from the sunken Titanic. They testify to a «catastrophic explosion directed inward.» The crew, which included British billionaire Hamish Harding, French deep sea veteran Paul-Henri Nargeole, founder of the American Titanic tour company Stockton Rush, and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, were declared dead.< br>