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.
