Proprietor of the submersible that imploded throughout Titanic dive suspends operations

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The Titan submersible itself “was not a U.S. flagged vessel and was by no means licensed or certificated by the U.S. Coast Guard,” the Coast Guard has mentioned.

This undated picture supplied by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 reveals the corporate’s Titan submersible. OceanGate Expeditions through AP, File

By PATRICK WHITTLE, Related Press

The corporate that owned a submersible that fatally imploded on its solution to discover the wreck of the Titanic mentioned Thursday it has suspended operations.

OceanGate, an organization based mostly in Everett, Washington, owned the Titan submersible that’s believed to have imploded because it made its descent on June 18 within the North Atlantic. The implosion killed all 5 folks on board, together with Stockton Rush, the submersible’s pilot and the chief government officer of the corporate.

The corporate’s web site mentioned Thursday that it “has suspended all exploration and industrial operations.”

The Coast Guard is investigating the implosion.

OceanGate relies within the U.S. and OceanGate Expeditions, a associated firm that led the Titan’s dives to the Titanic, is registered within the Bahamas. The Titan submersible itself “was not a U.S. flagged vessel and was by no means licensed or certificated by the U.S. Coast Guard,” the Coast Guard has mentioned.