The US-based OceanGate company, which was behind the submersible that imploded during an underwater expedition to see the Titanic wreckage last month, has said that it has "suspended all exploration and commercial operations".
Two weeks after the Titan sub tragedy, which killed all five passengers, including the company's CEO Stockton Rush, a message about the suspension of their operations was displayed in red at the top of the website, while an advertisement inviting people to embark on an expedition to “explore the world’s most famous shipwreck” continues to run.
After the Titanic submersible went missing, losing all contact with the surface, a now-deleted job posting for a pilot was allegedly active while search-and-rescue efforts were ongoing.
This didn't go down well with netizens, who called out the company on social media, slamming and mocking them.
Apart from OceanGate's CEO Stockton Rush, other passengers on board were British explorer Hamish Harding, French submarine expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, and Pakistani-British tycoon Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman.
The submersible first went missing on June 18, sparking a four-day search operation. Authorities ultimately determined that the vehicle had suffered a “catastrophic implosion” on the day of its disappearance.
Last week, the US Coast Guard retrieved debris from the sub’s wreckage as well as potential human remains.