What is OceanGate? Meet the company that made a business out of risky deep-sea tours of the Titanic shipwreck.
The search is on for a submersible vessel containing five passengers that was destined for the Titanic ship wreckage before iton Sunday. The vessel at the center of the search mission, called the Titan, is from OceanGate Expeditions, a private research and ocean adventure tourism company.
Along with the Titanic expedition tour, the company offers weekly research opportunities to explore the ocean and observe marine life.the missing vessel, has repeatedly stressed a need for balancing safety measures with risk — a point that has gained renewed scrutiny since the vessel went missing. The Smithsonian Magazine reported
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