Doomed Titanic sub CEO tried to sell cut-price tickets, saying it was ‘safer than crossing the street’

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Doomed Titanic sub CEO tried to sell cut-price tickets, saying it was ‘safer than crossing the street’
nypost.com

The NY Post got their hands on some pretty damning text messages where this CEO was irresponsibly downplaying the risks and cutting the ticket price for a potential prospect. I know he's dead now, but I hope some sort of regulations come out of this.

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This guy was shopping around discount tickets in a way that makes it seem like his company was in financial trouble. Willing to take a $100K haircut on the ticket price just to get bodies on the sub?

In interviews he's said they were operating at a loss on a previous trip.