The company that owned a submersible that fatally imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic said Thursday it has suspended operations.
OceanGate, a company based in Everett, Wash., owned the Titan submersible that is believed to have imploded as it made its descent on June 18 in the North Atlantic, about 700 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland.
Investigators believe the Titan imploded as it made its descent into deep North Atlantic waters on June 18. Among those killed was Stockton Rush, the submersible’s pilot and chief executive officer of the company, OceanGate.
The coast guard said last week
