YouTube star MrBeast says he turned down journey on doomed Titanic submersible

Jun 25, 2023 at 5:05 PM
YouTube star MrBeast says he turned down journey on doomed Titanic submersible

MrBeast, the most-followed individual on YouTube, says he turned down an invite to journey on the doomed Titanic submersible.

Five folks had been killed when OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded throughout a visit to the Titanic wreck final week.

In a tweet, MrBeast – whose actual identify is Jimmy Donaldson – shared a textual content message which he stated confirmed he was invited on to the vessel.

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He wrote alongside the picture: “I was invited earlier this month to ride the titanic submarine, I said no.

“Kind of scary that I might have been on it”.

It is just not clear who was inviting MrBeast on to the submersible.

Titan submersible in June 2021. File pic: OceanGate Expeditions via AP.
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Thr Titan submersible in June 2021. File pic: OceanGate Expeditions through AP.

The American – who was 162 million YouTube subscribers – is understood for his big-money competitions and costly stunts, together with his personal model of Squid Game, paying an murderer to try to kill him, and getting buried alive.

His revelation comes a day after it was revealed documentary maker and former EastEnders actor Ross Kemp turned down the possibility to experience the submersible.

Kemp was planning to participate within the deep diving mission final 12 months for a programme to mark the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the sinking of the ill-fated liner.

But an knowledgeable manufacturing firm behind the documentary determined it was too dangerous to board the submersible after finishing up its personal checks, together with his agent saying it was unsafe on “every level”.

Read extra:
Billionaire was offered last minute-price tickets for doomed voyage
Titanic director says he ‘knew submersible was destroyed’ before debris found
Navy captain reveals what could have caused Titan sub to implode

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Mother ship for Titanic sub docks

Investigations are now under way to determine precisely what occurred to the Titan vessel after it imploded.

The mom ship, which launched Titan, has returned to dock to be investigated by the US Coast Guard.

Using a remotely-operated car, officers discovered components of the submersible round 500m from the bow of the Titanic on the ocean flooring.

British billionaire Hamish Harding, UK-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood, OceanGate founder Stockton Rush and French nationwide Paul-Henri Nargeolet had been on board when the sub imploded.