control of offenders assaulting young underage girls. trace: great to have you with as. but meantime, the company between the titan tourist sub that imploded appears to be shutting down amid reports of previous problems being ignored. lauren blanchard is live with more on that. good evening. reporter: good evening. nearly three weeks since the titan submersible likely imploded on its way to the titanic wreckage site killing all five or more. now the company that owned the vessels as they are closing up shop. oceangate s website, banner reads oceangate has asked suspended all expiration and commercial operations. there were two future expeditions to the tannic bruins planned for june 2024. now a team of investigators led by the u.s. coast guard are working to understand what exactly happened in order to prevent something similar in the future. the team recovered debris and presumed human remains from the wreckage site last week but officials say there is still a substantial amount o
and what more should they have done. oceangate has repeatedly declined comment on its safety record. there were more red flags over safety issues before titan went missing. submersible expert karl stanley. i did the second deep dive in titan. he warned us all ahead time it was going to be making cracking sounds. it was quite loud. we are talking about five inches of carbon fiber with bands popping under literally a million plus tons of pressure. stanley urged rush to put off his next dive. it, obviously, had an impact on him. he delayed diving a year. he built a new carbon fiber tube. oceangate expeditions the company and the ceo touted its commitment to safety. safely diving to the titanic wreckage site. there are certain things you
oceangate expeditions offers you the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a especially trained crew member diving to the titanic wreckage site. the chance to travel to the site of a storied 100-year-old disaster would be just the type of opportunity millionaire adventurer hamish harding couldn t pass up. this guy had such a zest for life. climbed kilimanjaro with him. he know he went to the mariana trench, the deepest place on earth in a submersible. and he gone to space as part of jeff bezos blue origin process. i loved it. on saturday, june 17th, the 58-year-old brit posted on instagram, i am proud to finally announce that i joined oceangate expeditions for their rms titanic mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the titanic.
titanic wreckage site. there are certain things you want buttoned down the pressure vessel is not macgyvered at all. we work with boeing and nasa and the university of washington. stockton rush as part of his proof of concept of how safe these vessels were touted partnerships. he talked about their partnership with nasa and with boeing and with the university of washington, but now we are seeing those partners start to distance themselves from oceangate. the university of washington and boeing have both come out and firmly said they were not partners on oceangate, that there was very limited involvement. the university of washington said that oceangate used some of their tank space, but their researchers were not involved in this and that they didn t approve any sort of materials or proof of concept. and boeing echoed that saying that they also were not a partner with oceangate on this. nasa told cnn it consulted on
oceangate expeditions offers you the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a especially trained crew member diving to the titanic wreckage site. the chance to travel to the site of a storied 100-year-old disaster would be just the type of opportunity billionaire adventurer hamish harding couldn t pass up. this guy had such a zest for life. i climbed kilimanjaro with him. he know he went to the mariana trench, the deepest place on earth in a submersible. and he gone to space as part of jeff bezos blue origin process. space was amazing. i loved it. on saturday, june 17th, the 58-year-old brit posted on instagram, i am proud to finally announce that i joined oceangate expeditions for their rms titanic mission as a mission specialist on the sub going down to the titanic. we are going to attempt a dive