Listen: Titan sub CEO jokes about disaster weeks before implosion

Titan sub CEO jokes 'what could go wrong' in disturbing interview before disasterSource The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute, Channel 5

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00:00 some of the expeditions that they had coming up.

00:03 The last two years we've gone out in more of the July and August time frame,

00:08 but in fact the sea stinks out at the site are actually,

00:12 you know, could be comas in May and June,

00:15 just a little boulder out there.

00:17 And I've always wanted to, you know, see the icebergs

00:21 or maybe even have the fortunate chance to dive next to one.

00:24 So with the polar prints and its ice capability,

00:28 we thought let's move the mission a little earlier this year.

00:31 I met Stockton Rush in 2016.

00:34 He did have a big personality.

00:36 He had the personality that you would attribute to an explorer.

00:41 We specifically designed the subversible for this mission.

00:46 What could go wrong?

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