The family alleged the crew experienced terror before the disaster and accused the subs operator of gross negligence.
Naval reports indicate that communication with the surface vessel ceased 1 hour and 45 minutes into its descent.
This made it impossible to ascertain what the crew members mightve talked about as the vessel failed.
Alarm bells rang when thesubmersiblefailed to resurface at the scheduled time.
The new court case comes more than a year after the incident.
Itstates, The crew lost communications and perhaps power as well.
Rushs disdain for safety measures was evident from as early as 2022.
At some point, safety is just pure waste, he argued in aninterview.
I mean, if you just want to be safe, dont get out of bed.
Dont get in your car.