Titanic director James Cameron accuses OceanGate of cutting corners

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[–]Newmug 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Hold on - you think this was planned???

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I think it was an insurance scam. He took insurance on them and made a shitty sub.

[–]makesyoudownvote 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

But... He was on the sub.

Do you think he had some sort of escape plan or something? That money doesn't mean much of anything if he's dead.

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think it was a suicide and he put down someone else's name as a beneficiary.

[–]makesyoudownvote 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seems like a reach. That level of planning for a suicide seems unlikely.

I do agree that the whole enterprise seems sketchy in more ways than just cost savings though.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's no way to know at this point.

They cut corners in the extreme. In absurd ways. Far beyond foolish ways.

We may find out more in time.

Find a few billionaires who want to disappear, and make a sub that's so shabby that it's believable.

In general, billionaires aren't risk takers. They set things up for profit. They have the resources to pull it off.