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Read previewJay Bloom, a Las Vegas investor, says he was offered seats on OceanGate's Titan submersible but got nervous about safety and lied about a scheduling conflict to get out of it. "And he's telling me that it's safer than flying helicopters, it's safer than scuba diving, and safer than crossing the street." AdvertisementBloom told Newsweek that he and his son then made up a scheduling conflict and bowed out of the June 2023 dive. The Titan submersible set off to explore the Titanic wreck on June 18 but lost contact with its support ship within two hours. AdvertisementStill, Bloom told Newsweek that he might be willing to venture to the wreck of the Titanic if it were a Navy expedition or one guided by James Cameron.
Persons: , Jay Bloom, Bloom, Sean, Stockton Rush, Rush, OceanGate, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, James Cameron, Elon Musk, let's, I'd, he's, Let's Organizations: Service, Newsweek, Business, Facebook, Stockton, US Coast Guard, Navy, Stockton Rush Locations: Las Vegas, British, British Pakistani
Ex-Titan passenger Aaron Newman said safety was "always the most important thing" for OceanGate. "The thing that he may be guilty of was not following the crowd," Aaron Newman told Fox Business. A man who went on the Titan submersible two years ago said safety was "always the most important thing" for OceanGate — even if the company's CEO Stockton Rush didn't always follow "the crowd." "Safety is an incredible priority and was always the most important thing there," said Newman, who was also friends with Rush. Former passengers of the Titan sub have spoken out about their experiences on the sub since its "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber."
Persons: Aaron Newman, Stockton Rush's, Stockton Rush didn't, Maria, Newman, Rush, OceanGate, Wendy, Mike Reiss, Arthur Loibl Organizations: Fox Business, Titan, Stockton Rush, CNN, BBC
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