Doomed Titanic sub website still says dead passenger 'can join you on trips'

30 June 2023 , 07:53

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The trips were still listed on the company's site a day after its Titan submersible and human remains were pulled from the Atlantic (Image: OceanGate Expeditions/AFP via Ge)

The OceanGate website is still promoting its luxury expeditions to the Titanic wreckage, including being joined by one of the experts who perished on the doomed vessel.

Even 11 days after the fatal journey, the company's website features pages enticing potential customers with the opportunity to dive to the iconic shipwreck in their submersible.

The page lists renowned French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, who perished on board the Titan, as an expert 'who may join you on [the] expedition'.

It describes an eight-day expedition from the Atlantic coast of Canada to the location of the wreck, situated 380 miles offshore and at a depth of 3,800 metres below the surface.

The page reads: "Your dive will provide not only a thrilling and unique travel experience, but also help the scientific community learn more about the wreck and the deep ocean environment."

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The page lists renowned French explorer PH Nargeolet, who perished on board the Titan, as an expert 'who may join you on [the] expedition'

Alongside Paul-Henri Nargolet, British adventurer Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood were killed on board the vessel near the wreckage of the Titanic, alongside OceanGate Expeditions’ chief executive, Stockton Rush.

The website lists two upcoming "missions" to the Titanic wreckage, scheduled for June 2024, and refers to a June 2023 mission that is supposedly "currently underway."

These trips will not proceed, and it appears that the website has not been updated following the tragic incident.

Meanwhile, Canadian authorities are now considering whether any criminal, federal, or provincial laws were violated in the lead-up to the disaster involving the Titan submersible.

A page on the company's website still advertises two expeditions in June 2023 (OceanGate)

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is investigating the circumstances surrounding the crew members' deaths and will determine whether a comprehensive inquiry is necessary.

As the investigation continues, recent developments have included the discovery of human remains during the recovery mission, as well as the retrieval of sections of the vessel.

For years prior to the implosion, experts raised concerns about Stockton Rush's self-designed submersible.

They said its carbon fiber hull, which housed the five crew, was its 'Achilles heel' because the material is not considered suitable for dives at the depths reached by the vessel.

Father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood with Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Hamish Harding and Stockton Rush who all died on the sub (COURTESY OF THE DAWOOD FOUNDATION AND FAMILY)

Speaking after the evidence was recovered, the Marine Board of Investigation’s (MBI) chairman, Captain Jason Neubauer, said: “I am grateful for the co-ordinated international and inter-agency support to recover and preserve this vital evidence at extreme offshore distances and depths.

“The evidence will provide investigators from several international jurisdictions with critical insights into the cause of this tragedy.

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“There is still a substantial amount of work to be done to understand the factors that led to the catastrophic loss of the Titan and help ensure a similar tragedy does not occur again.”

Lucy Williamson