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A video game controller was the primary method for controlling the Titan submersible.
Submersible sub imploded on a June 2023 dive to the Titanic site, killing all five passengers including Stockton Rush .
Sub was made from carbon fiber, not titanium, which gets stronger under compression; it was made of carbon fiber.
The complaint says the sub was piloted using a mass-produced Logitech game controller.
But the prospect of a cheap piece of plastic surviving the catastrophic implosion was just too good for social media to ignore. Shortly after the Titan disaster, people began "sharing a photo that purports to show the controller resting on the bottom of the sea," according to a 2023 AP fact check. "The image shows a sandy ocean bottom with a part of the photo magnified to supposedly show a close up of the controller." "The cheapest part survived," one X (Twitter) user posted. Alas, it did not; the photo was a fake..
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