The Titan had just been completed 13 of the 90 dives to the wreck of the titanic, according to OceanGate passenger forms. despite charging At $250,000 per trip, the experimental submarine often failed to reach the depth of 12,500 feet needed to view the wreck. However, it is not clear whether the customers had to pay the full price of the expedition if they did not reach the Titanic.

OceanGate CEO Rush Stockton, billionaire Hamish Harding, father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood and French adventurer Paul-Henri Nargeolet died instantly on June 18 when Titan violently imploded under the immense pressure of the Atlantic Ocean. Before boarding the ship, customers had to confirm on a four-page form that the submarine has not been approved by any regulatory body.

As previously reported, the disclaimer included the term “dead” up to three times, only on the first page. The document said: “This experimental craft has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body and could cause physical harm, emotional trauma or death.”

The reasons why the Titan submarine imploded, according to the US Coast Guard

The document asked customers for taking “full responsibility” for the risk of death, even if the company was negligent. “I hereby accept full responsibility for the risk of personal injury, disability, death and property damage,” the document said.

OceanGate announced this this weekend will cease all commercial and exploration activities following last month’s tragedy. The notice appears in small red letters on the homepage of the website. It’s unclear when OceanGate added the suspension notice or what would happen to people who paid up to $250,000 for future expeditions.

The disaster raised questions about OceanGate’s safety past, concerns about past practices and the future of tourism in the famous 1912 shipwreck. Filmmaker Jaden Pan, once a passenger on the Titan, recalls being in the trouble came when the ship descended to the bottom of the ocean. . Rush reportedly told passengers to surface again when they were two football fields away from the legendary ship’s wreckage.

“Unlike the Titan tragedy, Greece’s shipwreck was treated as devoid of protagonists and heroes”

“At first I thought he was joking because we were over two hours into our expedition and very close to the bottom,” Pan told the BBC. “But then he explained that one of the batteries was broken and we were having trouble using the electronic drops for the weights, so it would be difficult for us to get back to the surface.”

Legal experts say the implosion occurred in a space where there are no regulations and it will be difficult to establish jurisdiction for both families and investigations.