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re: Titan Sub Tragedy: Human Remains Discovered 4 Mths After Ship Imploded
Doomed Titanic Submarine Website STILL Says DEAD Passenger Can Join You on Trips
OceanGate Expeditions still advertises trips to the Titanic wreckage, even after the fatal incident claimed the lives of five people after the submarine imploded last week
BBC NEWS 30 JUNE 2023
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."
The page lists renowned French explorer PH Nargeolet, who perished on board the Titan, as an expert 'who may join you on [the] expedition'
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.
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.
“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.”
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