Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate says it has suspended exploration and commercial operations following the loss of the company’s Titan submersible and its five-person crew during their dive to the Titanic shipwreck last month.
- Insider first spotted a small message in red font at the top of OceanGate’s website noting the suspension of operations.
- The U.S. Coast Guard last week recovered debris from the Titan submersible as part of its investigation into the catastrophe.
- The crew members included OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush; veteran Titanic diver PH Nargeolet; British aerospace executive Hamish Harding; and Pakistani business executive Shahzana Dawood and his son, Suleman.
- Last week The New York Times detailed the “last hours of the Titan,” while The New Yorker examined how the Seattle-area company “ignored desperate warnings.”
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