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☆ OceanGate suspends all exploration and commercial operations after Titan implosion
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Austin Mullen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

OceanGate said it is suspending all exploration and commercial operations weeks after its submersible imploded near the Titanic wreckage site killing all five people on board. "OceanGate has suspended all exploration and commercial operations," it read. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada launched a safety investigation into the incident. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said its investigation will focus on finding "all causal and contributing factors" in the incident "without attributing blame or civil or criminal liability." The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate what happened and issue any safety recommendations to prevent a similar tragedy from happening in the future.

Persons: OceanGate, Hamish Harding, Paul Henry Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Azmeh Dawood, Brian Weed, Weed, Josh Gates, Tom Costello, Colin Taylor, Aaron Newman, —, — Doha Madani, Daniel Arkin, Marlene Lenthang, Melissa Chan Organizations: OceanGate Expeditions, Stockton Rush, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, NBC News, Titan, Transportation Safety Board, Canada, Transportation Locations: Port, Everett, Everett , Washington, British, French, Canadian, OceanGate, — Doha

☆ TikTokers are reeling over an OceanGate job posting advertising an 'immediate opening' for a submersible pilot
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

TikTokers are calling out a job posting from OceanGate, the company behind the Titan submersible. The company's job posting asks for a committed candidate with a sense of humor. TikTokers are roasting an OceanGate job posting advertising an "immediate opening" for a submersible pilot. OceanGate is the company behind the Titan submersible that was found in pieces on Thursday after going missing during a deep-sea tour of the Titanic ship wreckage. TikTokers are roasting the job posting online, with users commenting, "This literally proves what everyone says about companies filling your position the second you die" and saying it "really shows you everyone is replaceable."

Persons: Rush Organizations: Titan, OceanGate, Stockton Rush, Seattle Times Locations: OceanGate, Canadian

☆ Titanic sub timeline: when did it go missing and key events in search
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But it starts its descent later, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. ET) - The submersible is scheduled to return to the surface, the U.S. Coast Guard says. The U.S. Coast Guard - which announces this on Wednesday - does not give a precise timing. WEDNESDAYDURING THE DAY - U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and OceanGate Expeditions establish a unified command to handle the search. ET) - U.S. Coast Guard announces Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises.

Persons: Hamish Harding, Harding, John Mauger, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Stone, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Edmund Blair, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: OceanGate Expeditions, Expedition, Facebook, U.S . Coast Guard, Titan, Atlantic, Communications, Coast Guard, Canadian Research Vessel, MONDAY U.S, Lockheed, Orion, CNN, Stone, . Coast Guard, U.S . Navy, Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian, U.S, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: St, John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Instagram, U.S, Cape Cod, France, U.S . Coast

☆ Submersible touring Titanic wreckage: A challenging search in remote waters intensifies for the vessel
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —A multi-agency search is intensifying for a submersible that went missing with five people on board while touring the wreckage of the Titanic, as crews comb through choppy, remote waters in low visibility. “It is a challenge to conduct a search in that remote area,” Mauger said during a news briefing. However, British businessman Hamish Harding is one of the people on the submersible, according to a social media post by the company he owns, Action Aviation. What we know about the vessel and expeditionAn undated photo of the OceanGate Titan vessel. The Coast Guard’s current focus is on locating the vessel, Mauger said.

Persons: John Mauger, ” Mauger, ” Crews, Mauger, “, Hamish Harding, Harding, ” Harding, Larry Daley, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Sulaiman Dawood, Dawood, weren’t, ”, Mi’sel Joe, ” Rory Golden, ” Golden, Golden, Bobbie Scholley, ” Scholley, Scholley Organizations: CNN, Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Air Force, US Coast Guard, Canadian Armed Forces, OceanGate Expeditions, Horizon Maritime, Action Aviation, CTV, CBC News, Expeditions, “, Maritime Horizon Services, Facebook, US Navy Locations: Cape Cod, British, St, Pakistan, John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, ”

The United States Coast Guard will hold a news conference at 4:30 p.m. ET in Boston on the search for the missing submersible near the Titanic wreckage. Rear Admiral John Mauger, Commander of the First Coast Guard District is expected to lead the briefing. The trip begins with a 400-nautical-mile journey to the wreck site, according to the tour operator. There, up to five people board the submersible named “Titan” and descend to the bottom of the ocean.

Persons: John Mauger Organizations: United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Polar, First Coast Guard Locations: Boston, Canadian, Cape Cod, St, John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

☆ Coast Guard searches for 5-person crew aboard submersible that went missing on dive to Titanic wreck
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Phil Mccausland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing Canadian research submersible that disappeared on Sunday after it went to explore the wreck of the Titanic. The 21-foot submersible and its five-person crew, from the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince, started a dive on Sunday morning, according to the Coast Guard. The missing submersible was part of an OceanGate Expeditions tour exploring the Titanic wreckage, located 900 nautical miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He said the Coast Guard immediately launched a surface and aerial search to find or recover the submersible and any survivors. Mauger added at the press conference that the Coast Guard is working to expand its capabilities to include an underwater search as well.

Persons: John Mauger, Mauger, Hamish Harding, Harding, OceanGate, OceanGate's, James Cameron Organizations: U.S . Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Expeditions, NBC, Action Aviation, Sunday, New York National Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, Poseidon, New York Times Locations: Canadian, Cape Cod , Massachusetts, OceanGate, Newfoundland, Canada

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