OceanGate posted ‘urgent’ job listing for pilot – which was scrubbed as search for Titan unfolded 

A TikTok account discovered that OceanGate had an “urgent” job opening for a submarine pilot before the crash that killed five people, as social media remained obsessed with the tragedy.

On Thursday, five were confirmed dead in the tragedy, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61; French explorer Paul_Henry Nargeolet; British billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, 58; and Pakistani father and son Shahzada Dawood, 48; and Suleman Dawood, 19.

The company had a job posting on their website and networking app Indeed last week, looking for a subpilot. It has since been removed from their Indeed page as of Friday morning.

They sought “a dedicated and competent individual with a combination of strong mechanical and interpersonal skills who can work on sensitive marine equipment, perform regular maintenance and operate complex systems to support diving operations.”

Multiple TikTok accounts discovered the posts and led some to mock the company, according to The messenger. OceanGate has received a lot of criticism on social media since the Titan was reported missing.

Some even thought they were already trying to replace Rush or other OceanGate employees after they died, although it was probably posted before this week.

“Don’t work yourself to death for any company, they’ll replace you before you’re even buried in the ground,” one user wrote.

“This literally proves what everyone says about companies filling your position as soon as you die,” wrote a second, whose video has since been removed.

An OceanGate spokesperson, which has suspended operations indefinitely, said the company was not providing “additional information” beyond their immediate response to the deaths confirmed Thursday.

The Titanic Five died instantly when the submarine suffered a “catastrophic implosion” just 400 meters from the bow of the wrecked ocean liner, the US Coast Guard announced yesterday. A Canadian ship’s remote-controlled submarine found debris on the ocean floor.

But search and rescue officials say the men likely died on Sunday — before military aircraft using sonar buoys detected what they say could be SOS sounds in the water.

The US Navy said they heard a noise consistent with an implosion when communications failed about two hours after the dive. The Navy passed that information on to the Coast Guard, an insider said.

According to court documents, safety concerns had previously been raised about the submarine Titan by a former OceanGate employee.

The company had a job posting on their website and networking app Indeed last week, looking for a subpilot

Multiple TikTok accounts discovered the posting and led some to mock the company

OceanGate has received a lot of criticism on social media since the Titan was reported missing

David Lochridge, OceanGate’s former director of maritime operations, claimed wrongful dismissal after raising concerns about the company’s alleged “refusal to conduct critical, non-destructive testing of the experimental design.”

OceanGate boss Rush had warned years earlier that his “experimental approach” could lead to catastrophe.

It would have been instant death for the men, some of whom paid $250,000 each to see the famous shipwreck.

In a heartbreaking blow to their families, experts say there is little chance of recovering any of their remains.

“This is an incredibly brutal environment down there. The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the ship. We will continue to work and search the area down there – but I don’t have an answer to the outlook at this point,” said Paul Hankin, a deep-sea expert involved in the quest said.

Five people were on board, including British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding and Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, who was just 19

French Navy veteran PH Nargeolet (left) sat in the submarine with Stockton Rush (right), CEO of the OceanGate Expedition

Rush said in a video posted online in 2021 that he “broken some rules” to make the barrel, adding: “The carbon fiber and titanium, there’s a rule that you don’t do that – well I did.” ‘

He also said in 2020 that the hull had “showed signs of cyclic fatigue.”

Carbon fiber is prone to delamination, the process by which a material breaks into layers under pressure.