Image of OceanGate Titan submersible via OceanGate.
The company behind the disastrous implosion of the deep-water submersible that left five dead during an attempted expedition to the Titanic has ceased operations.
“OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations,” a banner on the company’s website said Thursday. OceanGate’s Titan submersible lost contact with its support ship after around 100 minutes at sea as it was headed toward the wreckage of the Titanic on June 18. Four days later, officials had determined that the Titan had suffered a “catastrophic implosion” and that all five people on board, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, had perished.
Although the landing page of OceanGate’s website appeared functional Thursday, the links to other sections of the site were largely broken or non-functional.
