"oceangate"

The salvage mission, carried out in collaboration with the US Navy, followed the initial recovery operations on the ocean floor, approximately 1,600 feet (488 meters) from the Titanic, as stated by the Coast Guard.

OceanGate, a company based in Everett, Washington, owned the Titan submersible that is believed to have imploded as it made its descent on June 18 in the North Atlantic

Authorities turned their focus to determining why a submersible carrying people to the wreck of the Titanic imploded deep in the North Atlantic

As the hours passed, the individuals on Titan were dead inside the vessel, suffering from catastrophic implosion.

OceanGate did not provide details when the company announced the “loss of life” in a statement or how officials knew the crew members perished