Surprising move by the company that organized the trip after the second Titanic disaster

OceanGate, which organizes excursions to the remains of the Titanic, is back on the agenda weeks after the tragic accident on June 18. This time, the company turned heads by shutting down its website and social media accounts.

The discovery company shut down its Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts and website after last month’s disaster. While all shares on the company’s Instagram account were removed, the profile was also closed. In addition, the warning “OceanGate has suspended all commercial and exploration operations” was posted on its website.

The company’s website was still up last week when the company announced it would suspend all exploration and trading activities.

The decision was made after it was revealed that the company’s vehicle, Titán, exploded on June 18, which was also on the agenda of the world press.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The OceanGate submarine began landing around 8 am at the Titanic wreck site in the Atlantic Ocean, 400 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

One hour and 45 minutes after the dive, the vehicle disconnected from the Polar Prince mothership. It took OceanGate eight hours to report the missing submarine to the US Coast Guard after losing contact.

Shahzada Dawood and her son Sulaiman Dawood, who lost their lives in the disaster.

Nothing was known about the vehicle, which contained OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and her son Suleyman Dawood, and French Navy pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet.

As the hours and the estimated amount of oxygen in the vehicle dwindled, ships from around the world sought to assist in the search for the missing submarine.

HEARD EXPLOSION

Days later, it was announced that five people aboard the submarine were killed in an explosion. It also turned out that a US Navy tracking system had picked up a possible sound from the explosion during the landing, but search efforts were ongoing.

After the five passengers were pronounced dead, the wreckage of the exploded submarine was found near the location of the Titanic.

While removing the remains of the Titan vehicle

After the tragedy, it turned out that CEO Stockton Rush continued to operate despite many experts warning that his company’s experimental approaches could be disastrous. Rush, in interviews he gave before the accident; He said that he believed it was safer to go out into the Atlantic with the Titan than to cross the road.

Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate

Payments of $250,000 were taken from passengers to take part in the vehicle that went to the wreck of the Titanic. Now Canadian police are deciding whether a full investigation is necessary. Legal experts say the families of Titan victims can sue OceanGate.