The company OceanGate announced this Thursday the suspension of all operations exploration and commercial operations after the death of five people, including the company's general director, during his expedition to the remains of the Titanic in June.
Everett, Washington-based OceanGate announced the decision on its website, two weeks after the tragedy where the submarine lost contact with its ship of origin off Newfoundland, which triggered a massive search that captured the attention of the entire world.
OceanGate, founded in 2009, offered tourists the opportunity to travel in submersibles to the depths of the ocean to see underwater wrecks and canyons up close.
On June 18, his submersible Titan disappeared while on an offshore voyage to the Titanic. The ship suffered a "catastrophic implosion" and its five passengers died.
On board were pilot and chief executive Stockton Rush, along with passengers Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
The accident occurred on the same Sunday that the authorities lost contact with the ship.
The Coast Guard representative reported at a press conference in Boston that a remote-controlled robot had discovered "the nose cone, which was outside the pressure room" about 487 meters from the bow of the Titanic, on the seabed.
The remains of the missing OceanGate submersible, including the tail cone, were found on the ocean floor about 1,600 feet from the bow of the wrecked Titanic.
The recovered remains contained "alleged human remains", according to the United States Coast Guard.
Later, more fragments were found in the area, and after analysis it was determined that they were consistent "with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber."
OceanGate he had made more than 14 expeditions and more than 200 dives in the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, according to the company's website.
A place on his submersible to see the remains of the Titanic cost $250,000 per passenger.
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