The operating company of the accident titanium-Tauchboots stops its trips according to its own statements. “Oceangate has ceased all scientific and commercial activities,” a banner on the company’s website said on Thursday. The company did not initially give any further details.
The dive boat titanium went missing on June 18 after going on a reconnaissance tour of the wreck of the 1912 titanic had broken up. A few days after the disappearance, a submersible had discovered debris, which the US Coast Guard on June 22 matched with the submersible. The death of five occupants on board was considered certain.
Safety standards have allegedly been circumvented
On board the titanium were the Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet (77), the British adventurer Hamish Harding (58), the British-Pakistani management consultant Shahzada Dawood (48) and his 19-year-old son Suleman. The boss of the operating company Oceangate, Stockton Rush (61), steered the boat.
Everything indicates that the hull of the titanium gave way due to the enormous water pressure and imploded. According to various experts, the developers and operators of the submersible circumvented recognized standards and ignored warnings. According to media reports, as early as 2018 a letter from the organization Marine Technology Society (MTS) warned of the experimental nature of the tourist offer and that the trips could end in disaster.