• CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    Were all of them billionaires? I can’t imagine the people actually operating the thing were, surely, just the passengers?

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      1 year ago

      The pilot may not have been, although anyone described as an “explorer” is pretty likely to be wealthy. Three of the other four (including the CEO) were, and the last was one of the billionaire’s 19 year old son.

      Edit: Checked, the pilot (Paul-Henri Nargeolet) was also a billionaire.

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      1 year ago

      The ceo of the company that does the tours was onboard, there was a billionaire, a really wealthy guy from pakistan, his son, and a retired navy guy who apparently went repeatedly to see the wreck.