'I said no': YouTuber MrBeast claims he declined invitation to join Titanic sub trip
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Popular YouTube creator MrBeast claimed in a tweet that he had been invited to join a trip on the Titan submersible to the Titanic wreckage earlier this month. MrBeast, however, declined the invitation.
It remains uncertain whether MrBeast would have been present aboard the ill-fated submersible, which suffered an implosion causing the tragic deaths of five individuals, or if he would have been on a different one.
OceanGate Expeditions confirmed last week that their Titan submersible carrying CEO Stockton Rush, UK businessmen Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, and French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet had "sadly been lost". The submersible lost contact with the Canadian research ship Polar Prince as it began its descent to the wreck of the Titanic on June 18. Days of search and rescue operations did not yield any signs of human life.
MrBeast's claims
Jimmy Donaldson, who goes by the pseudonym of MrBeast on social media, took to Twitter on Sunday to share a screenshot of an invitation to join a submarine trip to the Titanic.
I was invited earlier this month to ride the titanic submarine, I said no. Kind of scary that I could have been on it pic.twitter.com/bQUnaRiczA
— MrBeast (@MrBeast) June 25, 2023
The popular YouTuber has revealed very few details of whom the message was from and whether it did actually pertain to the OceanGate expedition. Requests from multiple news outlets for further information have gone unanswered till now.
Users on Twitter were also quick to point out that the shared screenshot showed the message in blue, a color that Apple iMessage typically uses for the sender of the message, questioning if MrBeast was just trying to get into the news with this claim.
MrBeast, however, clarified that "his friend" sent him a screenshot while inviting him, without revealing who it was or when it was sent. Nor did he put light on why he chose to decline the invite.
Red flags
After the catastrophic implosion, the shortcomings of the submersible have received much attention. Business Insider reported recently that the carbon fiber hull used for the submersible was made on a tight deadline of six weeks, leaving little chance for detailed analysis of the cyclic fatigue, which could be responsible for the implosion.
In 2019, a friend of OceanGate CEO Rush heard cracking noises during a dive in the submersible which was attributed to a "flaw/ defect in one area", CNN reported. On its previous voyage, the submersible had issues with its control systems, a YouTuber Jake Kohler said in a video.
The US Coast Guard has opened an investigation into the causes of the submersible's implosion and begun efforts to recover its wreckage. Five major pieces of the submersible have been found near the bow of the Titanic at a depth of 12,647 feet (3,800 m). The investigators said that they will take "all necessary" precautions if they discover human remains during their operations.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police interviewed crew and passengers onboard the Polar Prince after it returned to Newfoundland on Saturday to determine if a criminal investigation needs to be launched. Data about the ship's voyage recorder which also records audio on the ship was also collected, Insider reported.
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