The company that lost its CEO and four other passengers on a Titanic-bound submersible last month is suspending commercial operations.
23.06.2023 - 16:31 / perezhilton.com
Less than a full day after the Titan submersible was confirmed to have imploded, the families of the passengers are “united in grief.”
Since Sunday, the thing on everybody’s minds has been the fate of the OceanGate subversive, which dove down to explore the Titanic’s wreckage. As you know, the vessel lost contact with the surface world just an hour and forty-five minutes into the expedition, leaving the five passengers, including Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and his teenage son Suleman, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, completely isolated thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface.
Related: Former OceanGate Passengers Reveal How Scary Titanic Expeditions Were!
After days of searching, the US Coast Guard and Rear Admiral John Mauger announced in a press conference Thursday that the tourist sub suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” as a debris field had been found near the Titanic wreckage on the ocean floor. Sadly, that means all five passengers lost their lives.
Now, their grieving families are speaking out.
Following the tragic news, the loved ones of Hamish remembered the British billionaire as a “loving husband” and “dedicated father.” They shared in a statement to People:
They continued:
What a beautiful tribute. We wonder what his stepson Brian Szasz is thinking right now.
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The family of Pakistani-British businessman Shahzada and his 19-year-old son Suleman also opened up about the devastating situation, telling BBC:
So sad. Especially after hearing how “terrified” Suleman apparently was to embark on the mission. French diver and Titanic expert Paul-Henri’s family also spoke out, sharing with BBC:
What a truly horrific
The company that lost its CEO and four other passengers on a Titanic-bound submersible last month is suspending commercial operations.
The company behind the Titan submersible’s fatal trip to the Titanic wreckage has suspended all operations.
submersible that imploded with five people on board, has suspended all exploration and commercial operations.The company made the announcement Thursday in a banner on its website. No further details were provided.
The “presumed human remains” of the passengers aboard the Titan submersible have been recovered.
U.S. Coast Guard announced that crews recovered the remains while searching through the wreckage. Per a news release from the Coast Guard, medical professionals will conduct a «formal analysis» of the «presumed human remains» that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident. Additionally, the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to transport the evidence aboard a U.S.
U.S. Coast Guard announced that crews recovered the remains while searching through the wreckage. Per a news release from the Coast Guard, medical professionals will conduct a «formal analysis» of the «presumed human remains» that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident. Additionally, the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to transport the evidence aboard a U.S.
the Titan submersible. Our thoughts and condolences go out to their families and friends during this difficult time. We were saddened to learn of their passing, which OceanGate announced.“We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost,” the company said in a statement shared by People.“These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans.
The Titan submersible's mothership returned to shore on the town of St John's on Newfoundland Island on Saturday (June 24). Rescue ships also made their return, bearing the weight of the loss of five men onboard OceanGate's submersible.
Ross Kemp was set to join the Oceangate submersible expedition to film a documentary series - but pulled out over safety fears.
It’s been more than six months since actor Julian Sands, 65, went missing near Mount Baldy on January 13. During that time the San Bernardino Sheriff and rescue crews have searched the area repeatedly to no avail.
James Cameron has a great deal of experience with the difficult and potentially dangerous process of such an adventure.The wreckage site has once again gripped the public's attention after OceanGate Expeditions' tourist submersible, Titan, went missing on June 18 while carrying five passengers during a dive down to the Titanic's final resting place. Five days later, Rear Admiral John Mauger, the commander of the U.S.
Several experts are speaking out about what might have happened underwater during the catastrophic tragedy that claimed the lives of the five victims aboard the OceanGate submersible headed to the Titanic wreckage site.
The families of the five victims who were passengers aboard the OceanGate Titan submersible vessel en route to the Titanic wreckage site have all released statements.
The families of three of the victims of the Titanic submersible implosion have paid tribute to them as 'beloved, dedicated' fathers and sons.
presumed «dead» along with the four other passengers on the vessel, was married to the descendent of a couple who died in the very shipwreck his expedition aimed to see.Per, the , Stockton's wife, Wendy Rush, is the great-great-granddaughter of Isidor and Ida Straus, who remained onboard the sinking Titanic so that others could escape to safety in their place.The couple was the real-life inspiration behind the heart-wrenching scene in James Cameron's movie, in which an elderly couple holds onto each other in bed as water rushes into their room.Wendy's Titanic connection was confirmed by the through genealogical records and by the Straus Historical Society — an educational nonprofit.
Experts fear that the bodies of the five Titanic submersible victims may never be found after the missing vessel imploded in the Atlantic Ocean.
Expedition Unknown on Discovery Plus, tweeted on Wednesday (June 21) that he turned down the opportunity to film Titanic because the submersible “did not perform well” during a test dive.Gates said that he was given the chance to join OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush on a test dive, which took place in July 2021.“To those asking, #Titan did not perform well on my dive. Ultimately, I walked away from a huge opportunity to film Titanic due to my safety concerns w/ the @OceanGate platform.
Titanic” director James Cameron spoke out during an ABC News interview about the tourist submersible Titan that lost contact on its way to reach the Titanic. After submarine company OceanGate released a statement on Thursday saying that the five people who went down are believed dead, Cameron gave his thoughts on the tragedy as a longtime member of the diving community, who has made 33 trips to the Titanic himself. “People in the community were very concerned about this sub,” Cameron said. “A number of the top players in the deep submergence engineering community even wrote letters to the company, saying that what they were doing was too experimental to carry passengers and that it needed to be certified. I’m struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself, where the captain was repeatedly warned about ice ahead of his ship, and yet he steamed at full speed into an ice field on a moonless night and many people died as a result. For us, it’s a very similar tragedy where warnings went unheeded. To take place at the same exact site with all the diving that’s going on all around the world, I think it’s just astonishing. It’s really quite surreal.”
https://t.co/iEsIPIfXBVpic.twitter.com/zIHlkcJTf1«The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel so we'll continue to work and continue to search the area down there, but I don't have an answer for prospects at this time,» Mauger said.As for the banging noises heard just days ago — offering a glimmer of hope that the passengers may still be alive — Mauger said «there doesn't appear to be any connection between the noises and the location on the sea floor» where the debris field was discovered.OceanGate Expeditions said in a statement that «we now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost.»«This is an extremely sad time for our dedicated employees who are exhausted and grieving deeply over this loss. The entire OceanGate family is deeply grateful for the countless men and women from multiple organizations of the international community who expedited wide-ranging resources and have worked so very hard on this mission,» the statement continued.
The missing Titan submersible captivated the world, with people around the globe — including celebrities — sharing their polarizing takes on the risky expedition ahead of the news that all five passengers had died.