OceanGate Offers Trip to Titanic Shipwreck After Sub Tragedy
Written by Sanjay Kumar
News highlights
- OceanGate advertises Titanic shipwreck trips despite recent tragedy, offering expeditions next year at $250,000 per person.
- Trips include submersible dives, private accommodations, training, and meals. Journey starts in St. John’s, followed by a 400-nautical-mile voyage to the wreck site.
- Backlash faced for sub pilot job posting during search operations. Sub implodes, resulting in CEO’s death and tragedy for OceanGate.
OceanGate
Diving company
- Type – Private
- Industry – Tourism, expeditions, underwater diving
- Founded – 2009; 14 years ago
- Founders – Stockton Rush, Guillermo Söhnlein
- Headquarters Everett, Washington, U.S.
- Number of employees – 47 (April 2023)
OceanGate, the company that operated the ill-fated Titanic submersible (Titan), continues to advertise trips to the Titanic shipwreck on its website, despite the recent tragedy in which all five passengers lost their lives. The Independent reported that nearly 10 days after the sub imploded, the company is still promoting two planned expeditions to the Titanic for next year.
These trips are scheduled to take place from June 12 to June 20 and from June 21 to June 29, with a hefty price tag of $250,000 per person. The cost covers various amenities such as a submersible dive, private accommodations, comprehensive training, expedition equipment, and all meals during the voyage.
Upon arrival in St. John’s, the seaside city where the journey begins, passengers will meet their expedition crew and board the vessel that will transport them to the RMS Titanic wreck site. OceanGate describes this initial phase as an opportunity for passengers to become acquainted with life aboard a working vessel, as they embark on a 400-nautical-mile voyage to reach the wreckage.
Tragically, OceanGate had to suspend these expeditions indefinitely following a devastating incident that claimed the lives of several notable individuals. The CEO of the company, Stockton Rush, along with British billionaire Hamish Harding, French diving expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, all perished when the sub imploded during its approach to the Titanic wreck site.
The Independent revealed that the company had faced significant backlash after advertising a job posting for a sub pilot position while the search for the missing submersible was still ongoing. The controversial posting was later removed from the website.
More recently, presumed human remains were recovered from the remnants of the Titan sub, according to the US Coast Guard. The arduous search-and-recovery operation concluded with the retrieval of mangled debris from the small submersible, which was offloaded in eastern Canada. The debris field was discovered 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic, resting over two miles below the ocean’s surface and approximately 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
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