NEW YORK :The firm that owned the submersible Titan has suspended its commercial operations, it announced on its website.
OceanGate said it has “suspended all exploration and commercial operations” following the implosion of the vehicle last month while on a voyage to the undersea wreckage of the Titanic off the coast of Canada.
The company had planned two trips to the ruins for June 2024, its website showed.
All five people on board were killed, including UK citizens Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, alongside OceanGate Expeditions’ chief executive Stockton Rush and the submersible’s pilot, French national Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
Presumed human remains were recovered from the wreckage of the submersible a week ago, along with pieces of debris from the craft.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the vessel’s collapse, which has called into question the regulations surrounding such deep-sea voyages.
A former employee of OceanGate, David Lochridge, had raised concerns over “safety and quality control issues regarding the Titan to OceanGate executive management”, but was reportedly “met with hostility” before later being sacked, according to court filings dating back to 2018.Sky News
