He’ll be a calming influence on the other people on the vessel, and I am sure he’ll be doing everything he can to eke out that oxygen and keep morale and spirits up.” ‘Still time left’ “He’s got the perfect personality for such a situation he’s a very calming individual, a logical thinker. broadcaster ITV, Brown said all of those aboard the Titan “will have looked at the risks and decided those were risks they wanted to take.” msSSjXeVNl- The World at One June 21, 2023 He talks to #BBCWATO about the search for his friend, Hamish Harding. While Brown said he was “not one to shy away from risk,” he explained that he had “decided the risks were too high in this instance.”įortune asked an OceanGate spokesperson about Brown’s comments, but received no response.Ĭhris Brown abandoned a trip on an #OceanGate sub following safety concerns. He reportedly met Harding on a 2016 trek to the South Pole alongside astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Since then, the price of a ticket to explore the Titanic wreck aboard the Titan has risen to $250,000.Īccording to The Sun, Brown is a multimillionaire, thanks to a successful digital marketing career. Since the Titan went missing on Sunday, it has emerged that OceanGate had been repeatedly warned about several safety risks relating to the vessel’s construction, and that the submersible’s pilot steers the sub with a $29.99 battery-powered gaming controller.īrown said he had paid a deposit for the trip, which he had agreed to go on “after a few beers” with Hamish Harding- the billionaire businessman currently aboard the Titan-while the pair were vacationing on Richard Branson’s private paradise, Necker Island.Īt the time, the Titan was still being developed, and Brown and Harding had each paid a 10% deposit on the £80,000 ($102,000) voyage. Eventually I emailed them and said, ‘I’m no longer able to go on this thing.’ I asked for a refund after being less than convinced.”
“If you’re trying to build your own submarine you could probably use old scaffold poles. “I found out they used old scaffolding poles for the sub’s ballast-and its controls were based on computer-game–style controllers,” he told the Sun newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday. Chris Brown, a millionaire digital marketing executive, told British media outlets he changed his mind about taking part in the dive after coming to the conclusion that the operating company, OceanGate, had “cut too many corners” when it came to safety.
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