Mr Beast turned down Titan invite

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YouTuber Mr Beast claims he turned down an invite onto the Titan sub weeks before its fatal voyage towards wreckage of the Titanic.

The world's biggest YouTuber shared his text messages appearing to reveal his was invited onto the Titan sub.Five people lost their lives when the submersible suffered what investigators are calling a catastrophic implosion shortly after its departure from support vessel the Polar Prince.

The victims have been named as billionaire Hamish Harding, 55, businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48 and his son Suleman, 19, French ex-navy diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, and Stockton Rush, OceanGate's CEO.set to dive to the Titanic in the same OceanGate submersibleThe former EastEnders star was filming his new series of Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter and was due to visit the grave of the ocean liner 12,000ft below the waves.

The documentary, which would have gone ahead in 2022, was to mark the 110th anniversary of the Titanic. Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son Suleman, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61, Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 77, and Hamish Harding, 68 were all on board.Professor Jonathan Shalit, of Kemp's agency InterTalent, said: "Their team checked out this OceanGate submersible and pulled out of using it, as it was simply not considered safe or fit for purpose.A Canadian police investigation into the tragedy is now ongoing.

 

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