OceanGate suspending operations weeks after Titan sub implosion
The announcement comes just over two weeks after the submersible went missing as it was set to take a tour of the Titanic wreckage off the course of Newfoundland.
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OceanGate, the company behind the ill-fated Titan submersible that imploded during a descent to the Titanic last month, announced Thursday on its website it was suspending all exploration and commercial operations.
The announcement comes just over two weeks after the submersible went missing as it was set to take a tour of the Titanic wreckage deep in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Newfoundland.
In a statement to Global News, OceanGate confirmed they would be suspending exploration and commercial operations, but said there was no additional information the company could provide other than the notice on its website.
On June 22, about four days after the craft went missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said a debris field had been found by searchers, with the company saying the five people on board “have sadly been lost.”
An international search effort had been underway since OceanGate Expeditions’ vessel and crew aboard went missing, with communication going dark shortly after dropping into the ocean.
Efforts to find the submersible had remained a “search and rescue” mission until June 22 with searchers having detected underwater noises on the two days prior. The noises offered potential hope those aboard the ship were still alive, but it was dashed within days.
Oxygen was estimated to run out sometime on the Thursday, and news that the vessel and crew were lost was made public later that day.
According to U.S. Coast Guard Rear-Adm. John Mauger, the debris field found near the Titanic wreckage was “consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.”
