Titanic II: "It will be the most safe cruise ship in the world when it launches" - business quote of the day
Still convincing after all these years.
By Martha Gill Published 27 February 2013 9:45
This will "definitely not" happen again. Photograph: Getty Images
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has revealed plans to build Titanic II, a working "full-scale re-creation" of the Titanic, which sank in 1912.
The ship will be made in China and begin carrying passengers in the third quarter of 2016. Using - get this - exact blueprints of the original.
A Blue Line representative told Mashable, "It will be the most safe cruise ship in the world when it launches."
Unsinkable, eh? Sure we've heard that one somewhere before.
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