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OceanGate removes traces of its existence from internet over Titan sub implosion

Almost all of the company’s digital presence has been scrubbed
The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken SS Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph. OceanGate Expeditions/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken SS Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph. OceanGate Expeditions/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

After its submersible Titan imploded killing all on board in June, OceanGate has apparently left internet by either deleting or limiting access to its profiles on several social media platforms after announcing that it would suspend deep sea explorations, Insider reported.

OceanGate’s website and social media accounts were not accessible, while it is not know when OceanGate took down its website and social media profiles.

The OceanGate and OceanGate Expeditions websites now says the company “has suspended all exploration and commercial operations.”

Nearly three weeks after Titan imploded OceanGate on July 6 announced suspending all exploration and commercial operations.

The company posted on its website, which is not accessible now, that it would no longer be sending individuals down to the wreckage of the Titanic, or elsewhere.

The company became the centre of discussion in the previous month after one of its expeditions to see the shipwrecks of Titanic resulted went sideways.

The company’s Titan submersible, with five people on board who were believed to have died instantly, imploded after a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, those killed were the British adventurer Hamish Harding, 58; the French Titanic explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77; and the British Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son Suleman.

Read more: Who died on tourist submersible to Titanic wreckage?

The social media accounts of the OceanGate’s have also been scrubbed as almost all pages and accounts of the company on several social media platforms are not accessible or deleted.

The Facebook pages of OceanGate and OceanGate have both been taken down, while OceanGate and OceanGate Expeditions’ LinkedIn and Twitter accounts were also removed.

The LinkedIn page of the company says page “isn’t available.”

However, the OceanGate Foundation’s website is live, though its Facebook page has already been taken down.

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