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Mystery Titanic Tourist Submarine Lost * Found as Debris
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Orcas trying to say 'It's down here!' were making all those banging noises.
If I don't think Orcas dare go down that far, it's a nice thought.
If I don't think Orcas dare go down that far, it's a nice thought.
EXCLUSIVE: Tycoon who turned down tickets for him and HIS son on doomed Titanic sub reveals texts from company boss trying to flog him last-minute cut-price seats for $100,000 off and telling him 'it was safer than crossing the street'
In a Facebook post he said: 'I expressed safety concerns and Stockton told me: “While there's obviously risk - it's way safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving".
'He was absolutely convinced that it was safer than crossing the street. I am sure he really believed what he was saying. But he was very wrong'.
EXCLUSIVE: Tycoon gave up seats on Titanic sub for father and son
Jay Bloom (pictured with his son Sean) has shared texts between him and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush showing he was offered a 'last minute price' of $150,000 - $100,000 below the usual price.
I feel bad but that one made me lol
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A good conman believes his own BS.
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EXCLUSIVE: Tycoon who turned down tickets for him and HIS son on doomed Titanic sub reveals texts from company boss trying to flog him last-minute cut-price seats for $100,000 off and telling him 'it was safer than crossing the street'
In a Facebook post he said: 'I expressed safety concerns and Stockton told me: “While there's obviously risk - it's way safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving".
'He was absolutely convinced that it was safer than crossing the street. I am sure he really believed what he was saying. But he was very wrong'.
EXCLUSIVE: Tycoon gave up seats on Titanic sub for father and son
Jay Bloom (pictured with his son Sean) has shared texts between him and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush showing he was offered a 'last minute price' of $150,000 - $100,000 below the usual price.www.dailymail.co.uk
The language Rush used in those text messages trying to get past and trivialise safety concerns would have got my back up 'uninformed' 'stupid' etc.
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Here we go. This lady wants to see the footage of the billionaires actually getting in to the sub. I personally think she's going to get it at some time and that they were on the sub.
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There'd likely be criminal charges down the track if Rush hadn't died imo but to be sure, investigators will be looking to file them.
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Titan sub CEO dismissed safety warnings as 'baseless cries', emails show
Warnings over the sub's safety were dismissed by OceanGate's CEO, emails seen by the BBC show.
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OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says
OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says
Arnie Weissmann said OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him he sourced the Titan's carbon fiber, which was too old "for use in airplanes," from Boeing.
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Never was suitable for submercable, going to those depths according to James Cameron, who had steel subs.OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says
OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says
Arnie Weissmann said OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him he sourced the Titan's carbon fiber, which was too old "for use in airplanes," from Boeing.
However, this is the real conspiracy;
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Guarantee Rush was not conducting thorough x-ray and physical inspections after every dive.
Probably be easy to calculate the failure time frame with the known variables. This tragedy was inevitable and I bet insurers won't cover them under the inevitable clause.
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I just read that the submersible had dropped its ascent weights and was on its way back to the surface aborting the Titanic dive. That can only mean the crew got a warning about the hull failing. So these guys probably knew it was coming which is horrific.
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Stockton Rush will definitely be in the running for a Darwin award this year.
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The Navy heard the implosion on Monday but didn't say anything till Friday...
The Navy heard something which isn't enough to say 'Oh well we heard noise they must be dead' even if the majority of us understood they probably were with or without their input. We hold on to the hope that was still there, as small as it was.
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Exactly. They couldn't be sure it was the submersible implosion.
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OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says
OceanGate CEO once said Titan sub's hull was made with carbon fiber from Boeing that was past its airplane shelf life, would-be passenger says
Arnie Weissmann said OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told him he sourced the Titan's carbon fiber, which was too old "for use in airplanes," from Boeing.
All pretty damning if true, and I can imagine Boeing wanting to distance themselves from OceanGate if it is, this stands out...I wonder when they updated the website to remove the Boeing reference?
"OceanGate's website previously claimed that the vessel was designed and engineered "in collaboration" with Boeing.
Boeing has denied any involvement in the design of the Titan."
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This is pretty crazy, a YouTuber documents his experience with OceanGate and the Titan on a Titanic expedition just a few weeks prior to the disaster, lots of behind the scenes context
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Only watched 32 seconds
To much American bs.
Don't want to know his girlfriends name.
Don't want to know what flight he took.
Just get on with the facts.
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You can skip through that stuff, would have taken less effort than posting this.
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It was interesting actually. While he enjoyed the experience or says he did, it's not what was in the brochure.
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Yes they knew.The Navy heard the implosion on Monday but didn't say anything till Friday...
"A secret U.S. Navy acoustic detection system recorded "an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion in the general vicinity of where the Titan submersible was operating when communications were lost," the Navy told the Wall Street Journal."
James Cameron, who knows the systems, said his contacts said they heard a loud bang over the commutation system and lost a fully encased and pressurised transponder at same time.
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