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Australia billionaire to launch "unsinkable" Titanic
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian billionaire announced plans on Monday to build an "unsinkable" version of the Titanic, 100 years after the original sank after hitting an iceberg.
Titanic II is expected to make its maiden voyage from England to North America, the old Titanic route, in late 2016.
"It is going to be designed so it won't sink," mining and tourism tycoon Clive Palmer told reporters. "It will be designed as a modern ship with all the technology to ensure that doesn't happen."
The original Titanic, the largest liner in world when it was launched and dubbed "virtually unsinkable" at the time, sank after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912, killing 1,517 passengers and crew.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-australia-titanicbre83t07f-20120430,0,6817919.story
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)This idea is certainly skirting that line one way or the other..
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)LOL! People will go to a restaurant that sells heart attack burgers. Why not charge double for the virgin voyage of Titanic 2?