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A thrill-seeker who intended to join billionaire Hamish Harding on the missing Titanic sub pulled out of the dive because he thought OceanGate was 'cutting too many corners', it has emerged.
Chris Brown, 61, had paid the deposit to go on the doomed voyage, but says he changed his mind after becoming concerned by the quality of technology and materials used in the vessel.
Among his concerns were OceanGate's use of 'old scaffolding poles' for the ballast and the fact that its controls were 'based on computer game-style controllers'.
He said that despite being 'one of the first people to sign up for this trip', he ultimately decided the 'risks were too high'.
He learned OceanGate had 'missed key targets' when depth-testing the submersible.
The multi-millionaire digital marketing tycoon found it concerning that the vessel was controlled by a modified Playstation controller.
> A thrill-seeker who intended to join billionaire Hamish Harding on the missing Titanic sub pulled out of the dive because he thought OceanGate was 'cutting too many corners', it has emerged.
> Chris Brown, 61, had paid the deposit to go on the doomed voyage, but says he changed his mind after becoming concerned by the quality of technology and materials used in the vessel.
> Among his concerns were OceanGate's use of 'old scaffolding poles' for the ballast and the fact that its controls were 'based on computer game-style controllers'.
> He said that despite being 'one of the first people to sign up for this trip', he ultimately decided the 'risks were too high'.
> He learned OceanGate had 'missed key targets' when depth-testing the submersible.
> The multi-millionaire digital marketing tycoon found it concerning that the vessel was controlled by a modified Playstation controller.
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