People who nearly went on the Titan submersible expedition that imploded including Ross Kemp

A week after the world learned that the Oceangate Titan submersible had gone missing on its expedition off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada to see the Titanic shipwreck, countries have begun their investigations into what led to the implosion.

Teams from Canada, United Kingdom, France and the United States have all launched investigations to try to find out how and why the submersible imploded, which ultimately took the lives of all five men on board including British billionaire Hamish Harding, Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush, Paul Henri-Nargeolet,Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman.

As people await answers after mapping of the debris field and seafloor gets underway, some people have been revealing they could have been the tourists on board the Oceangate submersible that launched last weekend - PeopleWorld take a look.

Ross Kemp

The BBC revealed that the legendary EastEnders actor Ross Kemp, known for playing Grant Mitchell, was scheduled to film a television show last year that involved the Oceangate submersible.

Kemp had planned to dive to the Titanic shipwreck for Atlantic Productions to mark the ship’s 110th anniversary, but by the time filming was due to start, not only had the company deemed the expedition unsafe after checks to the submersible but also Kemp was unable to commit due to other productions.

The Oceangate venture would have been the third programme Ross would have completed involving deep sea diving as he previously made Shipwreck Treasure Hunter and Deep Sea Treasure Hunter for Sky History.

MrBeast

One of the biggest YouTube stars of this generation was reportedly invited on board the submersible as MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, revealed on Sunday that he could have joined the expedition.

The vlogger and philanthropist who has 163 million subscribers on the platform tweeted: “I was invited earlier this month to ride the Titanic submarine, I said no. Kind of scary that I could have been on it,” just days after it was announced the five men were killed.

Jake Koehler 

MrBeast is not the only content creator who was asked to go on an OceanGate expedition as Jake Koehler, who posts under the handle DALLMYD, shared a video of his failed launch on the submersible just three days before Hamish Harding and the four other men started their journey.

Jake shared his personal experience in a video which has now amassed 7.5 million views, giving viewers the chance to see inside the vessel while also speaking about the tragic implosion.

The YouTuber was supposed to undertake the exact same course as last week however they were unable to launch successfully due to poor weather conditions, a ghost net breaking parts of the sub and the motor controllers ‘not consistently communicating’.

Jay Bloom

While Jake Koehler’s launch was called off due to bad weather, it echoes that of Las Vegas financier Jay Bloom who revealed he was invited to participate in two dives in May of this year with his son but the trips were ultimately postponed until June 18th as the weather was not right.

Before the date arrived, Jay, who has previously been seen with President Joe Biden, said he expressed safety concerns to OceanGate’s CEO Stockton Rush, to which he replied: “While there’s obviously risk it’s way safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving. There hasn’t even been an injury in 25 years in a non-military subs.”