OceanGate tried to scrub the internet clean of traces that it ever existed, taking down its Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages
- OceanGate has taken down its social-media pages, and its website has gone dark.
- This comes a week after OceanGate said it would suspend "all exploration and commercial operations."
OceanGate has gone dark on the internet and scrubbed its digital footprint off social media after announcing that it would suspend deep-sea explorations.
As of press time, OceanGate's website and social-media accounts were not accessible to the public. Insider was unable to verify when OceanGate took down its website and social-media profiles.
The OceanGate and OceanGate Expeditions websites now redirect to a page that says the company "has suspended all exploration and commercial operations."
An archived version of the OceanGate Expeditions website, dated July 8, shows that the company had initially included the suspension notice at the top of the website. The archived version of the website included links to pages on their expeditions and submersibles.
OceanGate's digital scrubbing extends to its social-media accounts as well.
The OceanGate and OceanGate Expeditions Facebook pages have both been taken down.
OceanGate and OceanGate Expeditions' LinkedIn and Twitter accounts were similarly removed.
OceanGate's Instagram account was made private, while OceanGate Expeditions' account appears to have been deleted.
As of press time, only the OceanGate Foundation's website is still live, though its Facebook page has already been taken down.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and his company were scrutinized after the Titan submersible went missing during a dive to the Titanic shipwreck on June 18.
On June 22, the US Coast Guard said that the submersible had likely imploded and that the five people on board, including Rush, had died.
Representatives for OceanGate did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.