The company that lost its CEO and four other passengers on a Titanic-bound submersible last month is suspending commercial operations.
30.06.2023 - 12:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A man who pulled out of the ill-fated Titan submersible trip has opened up on a "haunting" moment he shared with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush the day before the journey. Arnie Weissmann, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly, claims the multi-millionaire bragged about buying reduced price expired materials.
The Titanic sub lost communication shortly after going underwater on Sunday, June 18, sparking a huge manhunt. Debris was recovered days later, showing the vessel had imploded, killing the five people on board, including Mr Rush.
Mr Weissmann claims he was due to travel on that deadly trip, but had to postpone due to scheduling clashes. He says he had no regrets about missing that trip after their conversation in which Mr Rush allegedly boasted about how he had bought carbon fibre for the submersible “at a big discount” because “it was past its shelf life use in aeroplanes", reports the Mirror.
Speaking to the Washington Post, he said: “I responded right away, saying, 'Don’t you have any concerns about that?’ He was very dismissive and said: 'No, it’s perfectly fine. Having all these certifications for airplanes is one thing, but the carbon fibre was perfectly sound.'"
Numerous reports after the fate of the sub was discovered have shown tragic Mr Stockton repeatedly and publicly showing off his disdain for safety measures, even going so far as to say they were unnecessary for "innovators," which he considered himself.
In a two-year-old interview, the inventor bragged to the public about how he decided to use carbon fibre - despite there being no safe way to do so, according to experts in the field.
“This carbon fibre hull is a huge thing. Carbon fibre has been used for autonomous underwater vehicles before, but never anything as
The company that lost its CEO and four other passengers on a Titanic-bound submersible last month is suspending commercial operations.
Well, we guess this is the final piece of the search…
Pictures have emerged of the mangled wreckage of the Titan submersible.
Lew Palter, who was featured in an iconic scene of the movie Titanic, has sadly passed away at the age of 94.
Since the news of the Titan tragedy, we’ve heard several stories about people who were invited at one point to make the dangerous voyage to see the Titanic wreckage – whether it be on the doomed vessel or not – but pulled out at the last minute. And now, another person who almost went on a submersible trip to the shipwreck has come forward: YouTube star MrBeast.
Those who refused a trip on OceanGate’s submersible are no doubt feeling more and more grateful for their decision following the Titan vessel’s catastrophic implosion.
Former EastEnders actor turned adventure documentary maker Ross Kemp just revealed that he almost made a TV show diving down to the Titanic wreckage in a submersible owned by OceanGate.This revelation follows the tragic news announced on Thursday that the five passengers aboard the Titan sub - which was owned by diving company OceanGate - had perished during their recent expedition. In terms of daredevil Ross, who has made plenty of other nail-biting diving documentaries, the decision to go ahead with the Titanic exploration was called off by the production company behind his other shows.
In the 24 hours since we learned the Titan submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” claiming the lives of the five passengers on board — OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his teenage son Suleman, and British billionaire Hamish Harding — the world has come together to mourn with the families of the unfortunate victims.
The stepson of one of the passengers who died aboard the Titan submersible (not the already infamous Brian Szasz) opened up about the “nightmare” that was the past few days while anxiously awaiting any sort of news about the victims on board.
More shocking information about the OceanGate submersible has come out.
Following the news that the Titan submersible likely suffered a "catastrophic implosion", petrifying videos have emerged showing exactly what the tragic event may have looked like.
Is this really the time to be defending a sub that just imploded?!
Those who lost loved ones on the Titan submersible have been sharing emotional tribute messages.
According to a new report, the US Navy heard what they believe was the implosion of the OceanGate Expeditions sub several days ago out in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Less than a full day after the Titan submersible was confirmed to have imploded, the families of the passengers are “united in grief.”
James Cameron has a great deal of experience with the difficult and potentially dangerous process of such an adventure.The wreckage site has once again gripped the public's attention after OceanGate Expeditions' tourist submersible, Titan, went missing on June 18 while carrying five passengers during a dive down to the Titanic's final resting place. Five days later, Rear Admiral John Mauger, the commander of the U.S.
It’s easy to forget, amid all the talk of the OceanGate disaster killing CEOs and billionaires, that the youngest victim was only 19 years old. Just a kid really. And that young man was “terrified” of the excursion, according to his aunt.
The families of the five victims who were passengers aboard the OceanGate Titan submersible vessel en route to the Titanic wreckage site have all released statements.
presumed «dead» along with the four other passengers on the vessel, was married to the descendent of a couple who died in the very shipwreck his expedition aimed to see.Per, the , Stockton's wife, Wendy Rush, is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, who remained onboard the sinking Titanic so that others could escape to safety in their place.The couple was the real-life inspiration behind the heart-wrenching scene in James Cameron's movie, in which an elderly couple holds onto each other in bed as water rushes into their room.Wendy's Titanic connection was confirmed by the through genealogical records and by the Straus Historical Society — an educational nonprofit.
Canadian filmmaker James Cameron, who directed the critically acclaimed ‘Titanic’, is talking about the recent Titan submersible tragedy.