International- OceanGate is suspending "all exploration and commercial operations."
- The move comes just weeks after its Titan submersible catastrophically imploded on a mission.
OceanGate said it is suspending "all exploration and commercial operations" on its website just weeks after their Titan submersible catastrophically imploded during a mission to the Titanic shipwreck, killing the company's CEO and four passengers.
It's unclear when OceanGate added the suspension notice — in small, red writing — to the top-left corner of its website's homepage. Insider reported last week that OceanGate was still advertising trips to the Titanic wreckage roughly 12,500 feet deep under the Atlantic Ocean.
As Insider previously reported, the deep-sea adventure company listed two missions scheduled for June 2024 on its website.
At the time, the OceanGate website touted that the 2023 mission was underway and future customers should reach out about dates for upcoming expeditions.
OceanGate also teased that passengers could be joined by famed French diver Paul Henri Nargeolet, who died on board the Titan submersible earlier this month.
OceanGate's Titan imploded less than two hours after it set out for its mission on June 18. It lost all communications with its mother ship just before the catastrophic event. CEO Stockton Rush was among those killed.
US and Canadian officials are now investigating how and why the submersible imploded.