Businessmen reveal how they refused to go on OceanGate's doomed vessel
msn.comChris Brown signed up with tragic pal Hamish Harding, 68, after a 'few beers' while holidaying on Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island but later claimed scaffolding poles were used as ballast and the vessel was 'shoddy'.
MailOnline has revealed that Vegas financier Jay Bloom and his son Sean also declined a voyage with his son Sean - even when they were offered a $100,000 discount off the $250,000 price by OceanGate CVEO Stockton Rush.
And another explorer, David Concannon, was slated to join the trip but was forced to cancel at the last minute due to a work meeting.
OceanGate also offered Robert Mester a voyage onboard the Titan's predecessor Antipodes and later on Titan itself, but he says he turned it down after sighting its 'off-the-shelf' equipment.
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