It is also unclear if OceanGate, which coordinates such expeditions, was still using the video game controller on the submersible for the recent trip, during which Rush was the operator. The missing submersible is different from other deep-sea vessels in that it is the only five-person sub in the world that can reach Titanic depths - approximately 13,000 feet, nearly 2.5 miles below the ocean's surface. It's unclear if the device, which resembles the widely available Logitech F710 wireless gamepad, had been modified or customized. In 2022, when CBS News correspondent David Pogue took a trip inside OceanGate's one-of-a-kind carbon-fiber submersible, Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate, held up the handheld device, saying, 'We run the whole thing with this game controller.' The video game controller OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said runs their submersible. The submersible, called the Titan, is controlled by what the company's CEO referred to as a video game controller – a fact that raised questions about the vitality of the sub and viability of its hardware. A desperate search is on after a submersible on a deep sea expedition to the Titanic wreckage went missing with five people on board this week.
