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enigma-the-mysterious · 10 months
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All the people saying that the 19 year old should have just refused to go on such a dangerous trip on the Titan have clearly never met desi parents
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American financier Jay Bloom offered 'last minute' discounted price to sit in doomed Titan submersible with his son - but he turned it down over safety concerns
An American tycoon has revealed a text exchange with submersible chief executive Stockton Rush, who tried to convince he and his young son to pay for a reduced six-figure seat to see the Titanic by telling him: "It was safer than crossing the street."
By David Wu
June 24, 2023
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An American tycoon has revealed how submersible chief executive Stockton Rush tried to convince he and his son to buy two tickets on the doomed Titan vessel.
Financier Jay Bloom shared the text exchange with Mr Rush months before the CEO died with four other passengers when the craft suffered a "catastrophic implosion."
He tried to offer his friend a "last minute price" of $AUD225,000, with the original cost of the seat valued about $365,000 in April for an expedition the following month.
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The first messages started as far back as February, when the chief executive wondered if there was an interest to see the famous shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.
Mr Bloom said his son Sean had been "put a little scare in him" after one of his friends researched the dangers of travelling in deep waters.
"I'm happy to have a video call with him. Curious what the uninformed would say the danger is and whether it's real or imagined," Mr Rush responded.
The financier said his son was worried about "perceived threats to the vessel," such as a sperm whale or a giant squid attack compromising Titan's hull.
"Yeah, very stupid. The pressure is over 100 million pounds. No sperm whale or squid is ever going to be able to mess with the sub," Mr Rush replied.
"While there's obviously risk, it's way safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving. There hasn't been even an injury in 35 years in a non-military subs."
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Three days later, Mr Rush would again try to reassure Mr Bloom and his son by sending a link to how deep sperm whales can go underwater.
Mr Bloom said he was not concerned about being eaten by a whale and decided to set up a Skype call, so his questions could be answered properly.
There would be limited text communication before Mr Rush sent a message on April 24, offering discounted tickets to see the Titanic wreck.
"Have a space on mission 1 (may 11-19) and 2 (may 20-28). Last minute price is $150k pp," the chief executive advised.
Mr Bloom said he would have to check his schedule to see if he could fit it in, as Mr Rush asked three days later: "Any luck?"
That trip would be later postponed to June 18 due to weather conditions.
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Mr Bloom shared the messages to his Facebook page.
The financier even met face-to-face on March 1 with Mr Rush, who took him through the Titanic Exhibit at Luxor in Las Vegas before having lunch at a food court.
"He was absolutely convinced it was safer than crossing the street," Mr Bloom said on the post about his interactions with the creator of Titan.
Mr Rush also gave him a limited edition of a book of photos signed by him and French mariner Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, who was also aboard the submersible.
Mr Bloom advised he could not join them on the once-in-a-lifetime trip until 2024.
Their tickets were later sold to prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, the latter who was "terrified" to go.
The fifth person was adventurer and British billionaire Hamish Harding.
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The five men entered Titan and started their 3,800m journey down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday morning.
However, less than two hours into the trip, mothership Polar Prince lost contact with the roughly six-metre long vessel, which sparked a large-scale international search.
The United States Coast Guard on Thursday (local time) confirmed pieces of debris found near the Titanic wreck belonged to the missing submersible.
"An ROV subsequently found additional debris, in consultation with experts from within the unified command, the debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber (of Titan)," Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger told reporters.
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Undersea expert Paul Hanken said five major different pieces of debris had led experts to conclude they were the remains of the OceanGate Expeditions craft.
"The initial thing we found was a nose cone, which was outside of the (Titan) pressure hull. We then found a large debris field and within that large debris field we found the front and back of the pressure hull," he said to reporters.
"Shortly thereafter, we found a second, smaller debris field and within that debris field we found the other end of the pressure hull.
"(It) ultimately contained the totality of that pressure vehicle. That was our first indication that there was a catastrophic event."
It was revealed the US Navy had detected an "anomaly consistent with implosion or explosion" where Titan was reported missing hours after the sub departed.
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada announced on Friday (local time) it has launched an investigation, as Polar Prince was a Canadian-flagged ship.
A team of investigators will travel to St Johns in Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador where they will "gather information and conduct interviews."
It will also coordinate its operation with other agencies.
TSB will provide updates throughout the investigation.
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pandabibble · 11 months
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gone2soon-rip · 10 months
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2023 TITAN SUBMERSIBLE TAGEDY (JUNE 18TH 2023)
2023 Titan submersible incident - Wikipedia
STOCKTON RUSH (1962-Died June 18th 2023,at 61).Americna business and exploration entrepreneur,and CEO of OceanGate,which provided submersibles for undersea tourism,research and exploration. And responsible for the deaths of 4 fellow passengers on the Titan submersible,through gross negligence,despite dying himself on board..Stockton Rush - Wikipedia
HAMISH HARDING (1964-Died June 18th 2023,at 58).British explorer,adventurer and businessman.He was the founder of Action Group and was chairman of Action Aviation, an international aircraft brokerage company with headquarters in Dubai, UAE.[5][6][7][8] As an adventurer, he was a member of The Explorers Club who visited the South Pole several times, descended into the Mariana Trench, broke a Guinness World Record for circumnavigation of the Earth, and travelled into space.Victim of OceanGate/Stockton Rush gross negligence following the Titan sub tragedy.Hamish Harding - Wikipedia
PAUL-HENRI NARGEOLET (1946-Died June 18th 2023,at 77).French deep sea explorer and RMS Titanic expert,who undertook many explorations to the wreck of the Titanic,and was considered one of the foemost experts on the wreck and it's tragedy.He himself was killed during the Titan Submersibles descent to visit the Titanic,in June 2023,potentially culpable for the tragedy.Paul-Henri Nargeolet - Wikipedia
SHAHZADA DAWOOD (1975-Died June 18th 2023,at 48).British Pakistani businessman and philanthropist,one of the wealthiest men in Pakistan.
And his son,SULEMAN DAWOOD (2003/4 - Died June 18th 2023,at 19). Victims in the 2023 Titan Submerisble tragedy through gross negligence of OceanGate and it's CEO Stockton Rush,who himself died on the sub.
Shahzada Dawood - Wikipedia
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jccheapalier · 10 months
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anakinsafterlife · 10 months
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I've read a great deal of vitriol directed toward the passengers of this expedition, but they were still people with families and dreams. They likely suffered unimaginable terror and agony before the end, and their families continue to suffer now. Shahzada Dawood was obsessed with the Titanic from a young age (as was one of the other passengers an Englishman known as "Mr Titanic", who had funded other exploratory expeditions), and I'm sure we all know the places that an obsession can lead us, while his son did not really want to go (despite, or perhaps because of, his reported love of science fiction--anyone who reads sci fi knows what usually happens to daring explorers), but only got into the Titan to impress his father. I'm rather certain that he experienced a sense of doom closing in when they were bolted into the submersible, but the reassurance of a father, and the desire to live up to his expectations, can go a long way towards making a kid ignore even the most prescient of sentiments.
I know it's fashionable on this site to eat the rich (trust me, I sympathize) and laugh when they're hoisted by their own petard, but except in the case of the CEO, I'm not actually inclined to think that this is what happened here.
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thedestinychild · 10 months
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Missing Titanic Submarine Crew Believed To Be Dead After 'Catastrophic Implosion'
The Titanic Submarine that went missing on Sunday with five people on board suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing everyone on board, US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said Thursday.     A remotely operated vehicle found the tail cone of the Titan about 1,600 feet away from the bow of the shipwreck, Mauger said. Tour company OceanGate Expeditions said the five passengers on board were…
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webnewsbr · 10 months
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CNN: Submarino desaparecido fica sem oxigênio, após tempo estimado pelas autoridades esgotar
Se esgotou, na manhã desta quinta-feira (22), o prazo estimado pelas autoridades dos Estados Unidos para a duração do oxigênio no Titan, o submarino desaparecido que desceu às profundezas do Oceano Atlântico para visitar os destroços do Titanic. Na tarde da última terça-feira (20), em entrevista coletiva, o capitão do Primeiro Distrito da Guarda Costeira Jamie Frederick afirmou que o Titan ainda…
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asyourshadowfalls · 10 months
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I wager you're not doing anything. you're sinking in a metal tube and looking out a little window into black/dark blue water. what an act.
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viciogame · 10 months
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deathbyattrition · 10 months
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"Imagine what their families would be going through!" Sure, weeping their loss I guess. But unlike us they also still have an obscene amount of wealth in their hands and would likely make sure it stays in their hands at the expense of many working class people. The kid is literally the only one I feel bad for and not much for that because he's my age and I myself am a working class pakistani teenager.
Why are y'all "eat the rich" until it actually comes to the eating part? Did nobody realize that if we french revolution this shit as so many suggest we do, the people we'd kill would have families and friends too? So many tragedies caused by them in the world and that thought makes you queasy?
They are, in fact, humans too. Humans that are capable of alot of cruelty. Their death is infact a loss of human life and it's absolutely fucking hilarious that you picked now to realize that. So what now? Are you gonna fight for their rights? Rehabilitate them? Loser.
Just say you don't truly want to eat the rich and go. You may want wealth redistribution and equity, but you don't want to get your hands dirty to do that. There's no shame in admitting it, just know that you won't be making that big of a difference.
Edit: It came to my attention that the 19 year old was reluctant and terrified at entering the submersible and confided in his aunt about it. He may have been an adult but clearly did not deserve dying because of his father on fathers day, he had an ounce of self preservation unlike his idiotic old man but went there for his approval anyway.
The rest? Fuck em.
Another edit: So apparantly the news source that reported the above was sketchy so idk
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mudwerks · 10 months
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(via Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and son Suleman: Who is on board Titanic sub? - BBC News)
I see speculation about who is on the titanic submersible NOW:
Here is the data -
Hamish Harding - The 58-year-old British adventurer runs Action Aviation, a Dubai-based private jet dealership, and has completed several exploration feats.
Shahzada and Suleman Dawood - British businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, is from one of Pakistan's richest families. He was travelling with his son, Suleman, a 19-year-old student, on the sub.
Paul-Henry Nargeolet - 77, a former French Navy diver, was also on board.
Stockton Rush - the chief executive of OceanGate, the firm which runs the Titanic voyages - is on board, the company has confirmed.
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welcometoqueer · 10 months
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so y’all remember in season 14 when Dean planned to trap himself inside a Ma’lak box and sink to the bottom of the ocean forever—to be sunk alive with Michael because being buried alive wasn’t safe enough-and had a vivid nightmare about his horrific fate if he went that route???
anyways, haha OceanGate, am I right?
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redbuddi · 11 months
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What we know about the missing Sub
For whatever reason this story has absolutely grabbed my attention, and so I will be compiling the information that I can confirm in a decent timeline of events, feel free to message me if y'all feel like something needs to be changed/revised
A company known as OceanGate offers dives to view the wreck of the Titanic, charging 250,000 USD per ride. This sub is not approved by any regulatory body, and is controlled with an xbox controller. The inside is a small tube one would have to sit down to fit inside.
It is not a regular sub, but a submersible, which does not have the power to lauch itself and return on it's own, but instead must be launched and retrieved by a mothership. Thus, constant communication is of the utmost importance.
4 AM, June 18th, an expedition begins. Confirmed passengers are a pilot, a "Content Expert," Businessman Hamish Harding (who posted the linked instragram post,) and two other passengers who are as yet unconfirmed.
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Communications with the sub are lost 1 hour and 45 minutes into the dive.
The US and Canadian coast guard begin working together to try and find the sub. The vessel has an advertised 96 hours of oxygen.
The instagram post earlier is found by CNN, although they do not yet divulge who posted it. They reach out to OceanGate for comment and get none.
An additional vessel is dispatched to assist in the search.
The US Coast Guard holds a press conference where they discuss the difficulties in locating the vessel in the remote area it dove into.
Coast Guard surmises that there is 70 to 96 hours of oxygen remaining, although this was reported abt ten hours ago, so it's more like 60 to 86 now.
The coast guard also begins a twitter thread which they are continually updating. They have completed two flights over the area but have not found anything, they will dispatch another plane in the morning.
OceanGate claims to be taking "every step possible" to recover the missing vessel.
Twitter user Kenny Sharpe realizes that he had seen the vessel being towed out to it's expedition and posts photos that he took.
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LITERALLY FOUND THIS AS I WAS GETTING SOURCES, Daily Mail claims that the other two passengers are businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, but given DM's dubious journalistic integrity (to put it nicely,) I would take this claim with a grain of salt until other sources confirm it.
I will update this as more info becomes available, feel free to message me with sources if you know anything.
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jccheapalier · 10 months
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Oceangate Submarine Disaster - What REALLY Happened
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