![]() ![]() The case was dismissed last July by the travel company, Cookson Adventures, whose spokesperson declined comment on the litigation and said the company decided not to go ahead with any projects involving OceanGate. “The claim of a lightning strike has not been verified and the true reason may be…because the submersible vessel was unable to be certified at the time for safe operations,” the plaintiff alleged. Missing Titanic sub search continues as banging sounds heard (OceanGate Expeditions via AP, File) OceanGate Expeditions/AP/File ![]() On Monday, June 19, 2023, a rescue operation was underway deep in the Atlantic Ocean in search of the technologically advanced submersible vessel carrying five people to document the wreckage of the Titanic, the iconic ocean liner that sank more than a century earlier. OceanGate did not respond to the claims in court and could not be reached for comment about them.Ī post on OceanGate’s website in 2018 stated “delays caused by weather and lightning” prevented the company from completing a series of test dives, but the Henry Cookson Adventures’ lawsuit questioned that description.įILE - This undated photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible. The travel company sought to recover roughly $850,000 it paid OceanGate, according to a civil suit filed in 2021. The complaints alleged the company overstated its ability to reach the Titanic wreckage.Ī London-based travel company, Henry Cookson Adventures Ltd., accused OceanGate of not having a “seaworthy vessel” when it entered an agreement in 2016 to take up to nine passengers to the Titanic in 2018. The scuttled excursions led to a pair of lawsuits in which some high-paying customers sought to recoup the cost of trips they said they didn’t take. ![]() OceanGate faced a series of mechanical problems and inclement weather conditions that forced the cancellation or delays of trips in recent years, according to court records. In the meantime, revelations about OceanGate’s inner workings and the development of its 23,000-pound craft of highly engineered carbon fiber and titanium have increased scrutiny of the Everett, Washington-based company, which charges at least $250,000 per trip to the 1912 wreckage site.Ĭompany faced hurdles executing expeditions The company’s founder and CEO is onboard. Oxygen is running low on the Titanic-bound submersible as searchers race to save 5 missing at seaĬNN has reached out to OceanGate Expeditions, which earlier this week said it’s focused on safely recovering the five people who vanished Sunday during Titan’s excursion to the Titanic’s resting place in the North Atlantic, about 900 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. An undated photo of the OceanGate Titan submersible From OceanGate/FILE ![]()
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