AN Ohio billionaire planning to take a $20 million sub to the Titanic wreck to prove the industry is safer after the OceanGate disaster has more money than sense, a relative of two Titanic survivors says.
Luxury real estate tycoon Larry Connor announced last week that he and Triton Submarines co-founder Patrick Lahey are planning to plunge more than 12,400ft to the Titanic site in a two-person submersible.
The announcement comes almost a year after the private submersible industry was rocked by disaster when a sub operated by OceanGate imploded above the wreck in the North Atlantic last year, killing five, including the company’s CEO, Stockton …