OceanGate suspends exploration, commercial operations after Titan implosion

New York Post ^ | July 6, 2023 | Olivia Land

[Reno89519]

OceanGate Expeditions, the embattled tourism company behind the Titan submersible tragedy, is suspending all exploratory and commercial operations — two weeks after its signature diving vessel fatally malfunctioned with five people on board.

The announcement was made quietly through a small banner header on OceanGate’s website.

Founded in 2009, the company offered well-heeled daredevils the opportunity to travel on submersibles to underwater shipwrecks and canyons.

The Washington state-based group, however, made headlines last month when its Titan submersible vanished June 18 in the North Atlantic Ocean en route to the wreck of the Titanic, sparking a massive, multi-day search effort helmed by US and Canadian authorities.

Five people — including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61 — were on board at the time.

[Reno89519]

No surprise other than it took this long to shut down operations. The company was dead once the owner died in a self-inflicted murder-suicide at the Titanic. Wonder what if any assets they have to cover lawsuits?

[faucetman]

DUH!

[Red Badger]

[Dilbert San Diego]

LOL, yep, hardly surprising.

[NWFree]

They need time to build another crappy sub for dumb billionaires

[HereInTheHeartland]

So my fundraiser to buy Nancy Pelosi a ticket is now a no go?

[Noumenon]

Walmart is out of submarines?

[Red Badger]

Debris recovered in subsequent days also contained “presumed human remains,” according to the US Coast Guard.

Probably need DNA to identify......................

[NWFree]

They’re waiting for the Labor Day sale at Home Depot before restarting

[Billthedrill]

They need to hire Bud Light’s ad agency.

[Reno89519]

So my fundraiser to buy Nancy Pelosi a ticket is now a no go?

Where do I donate?

[Red Badger]

[citizen]

Suspend?
Employees continue to get a check a while longer?
Attempting to sell or license whatever is their technology?
Good luck...

[BipolarBob]

I knew something was up when I called the company office and asked how much for a one way ticket to the Titanic wreckage and they hung up on me.

[Red Badger]

Sales were flat......................

[MikeSteelBe]

I heard a discussion on here talking about what the implosion sounded like on naval listening devices.

One post said "a fart on a metal chair?"

[Vaquero]

They’ll need a butter knife to scrape the raspberry jam off the inside of the sub to get dna

[sjmjax]

I would find it interesting if someone would interview the “inspirational” characters in this horror and how they feel now about their role in it.

[BipolarBob]

I was going to buy in on a franchise. I’ve got the build-it-yourself plans and a shopping list from Home Depot. All my dreams imploded that day.

[Political Junkie Too]

They're waiting for the plans for a new submarine to arrive.

-PJ