It seems to me one conspiracy angle would be that these were rich and connected people. This accident would be a perfect way to disappear and start a new life that you set up beforehand.
Imagine being a billionaire, spending $250,000 for a ticket to go to a place that's more dangerous than outer space, and not spending a few grand to have an engineering team look the thing over or looking over the company as though you were investing in it.
One guy did back out, IIRC. None of this is surprising, the only weird thing is that anyone would voluntarily get on board.
Inside the 5-person submersible were French Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son.
It seems to me one conspiracy angle would be that these were rich and connected people. This accident would be a perfect way to disappear and start a new life that you set up beforehand.
And to transfer wealth
Imagine being a billionaire, spending $250,000 for a ticket to go to a place that's more dangerous than outer space, and not spending a few grand to have an engineering team look the thing over or looking over the company as though you were investing in it.
One guy did back out, IIRC. None of this is surprising, the only weird thing is that anyone would voluntarily get on board.
They could be faking their deaths?
sounds about right
yeah it does have that "feel" to it. Reminds me of when that Gabby Potato chick was murdered by her boyfriend.
I mean, the owner was staunchly anti safety regulation. From what I've read, it was known that sub couldn't handle those depths either.
This is hubris on display.
Hubris most foul?
Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is a fiction. And admittedly sold his soul to the devil.
Oh damn, he was on his own sub?