US EditionTitanic sub implosion: Billionaire was offered last minute-price tickets for doomed voyage but pulled out over schedule clash
- Las Vegas-based investor, Jay Bloom, declined a chance to travel on OceanGate's submersible to the wreck of the Titanic due to concerns about the vessel's safety. The two seats instead went to businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, who died during the trip.
- Bloom had previously been offered the chance to buy tickets for him and his son but declined due to worries about the submersible. He had concerns about the use of consumer-grade parts, including a video game joystick to control the vessel and the inability of passengers to open the Titan from the inside.
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'Safer than crossing the street': OceanGate CEO's desperate bid to convince businessman to join doomed Titanic trip
An American businessman has revealed he was offered a spot on the doomed OceanGate Titanic submersible and the company's CEO insisted it was safer than "crossing the street".
·London, United Kingdom
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Doomed Titanic sub CEO tried to sell cut-price tickets, saying it was ‘safer than crossing the street’
A Las Vegas billionaire has revealed OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush tried to sell him cut-price tickets for the doomed Titanic dive -- telling him it would be even safer than crossing the street.
·New York, United States
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