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After the “Titan” disaster: Oceangate ceases operations
The Oceangate submersible Titan crashed in June
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Five people died on board his submersible Titan, now the expedition company Oceangate is ceasing operations.
According to the company that operated the crashed “Titan” submersible, it is stopping its trips. Oceangate has ceased all scientific and commercial activities,” it said on Thursday in a banner on the company’s website. Oceangate initially did not give any further details. Several US media had previously reported about it.
Oceangate submersible Titan crashed in June
The disaster of the submersible “Titan” had held the world breathless in June. The approximately 6.5 meter long submersible left the North Atlantic on June 18 with five occupants for the wreck of the “Titanic”. After an hour and a quarter, contact with the “Titan” broke off.
A feverish search operation followed with planes, ships and diving robots. After a four-day search, a diving robot finally found debris from the “Titan” at a depth of 3,800 meters on the sea floor near the wreck of the “Titanic”. According to the US Coast Guard, the submersible imploded under the enormous water pressure, the exact cause of the accident is still unclear. All five people on board were killed.
Among the dead was the head of Oceangate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, who founded the company in 2009. Many questions about the company’s safety standards have been raised about the accident.