2009: OceanGate is foundedĪ provider of manned deep-sea submersibles, OceanGate starts operations on the West Coast, the company has stated in news releases. Retrace the development of OceanGate, a Bahamian-registered corporation, and its submersibles, and the search for the missing Titan, with this timeline. They also show a history of safety concerns. Records show the tragedy was preceded by a long path toward developing a craft that would reach the ocean depths where the Titanic rests. Coast Guard announced pieces of the submersible were found scattered across a debris field a third of a mile from the Titanic. OceanGate issued a statement saying, "We grieve the loss of life" of those aboard.Īlso aboard the vessel were French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, British explorer and jet dealer Hamish Harding and Shahzada Dawood of a prominent Pakistani family and his son Suleman.
A mission to explore the remains of the Titanic went horribly awry on June 18, riveting the world as search crews raced against time to find a submersible that vanished during an attempted dive to the ocean floor, where paying passengers and Stockton Rush III, founder of the submersible company OceanGate, could view the Titanic wreckage.
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