OceanGate Faces Federal Investigation a Year After the Titan Submersible Implosion
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OceanGate Faces Federal Investigation a Year After the Titan Submersible Implosion

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The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has contacted former OceanGate employees and expedition members as part of an investigatory probe, WIRED has learned from multiple sources. The carbon fiber submersible Titan imploded on a tourist trip to the wreck of the Titanic in June 2023, killing the five people on board, including OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush. OceanGate has attracted more than $28 million in investor funding, with much coming from family and friends, according to witnesses at last month’s US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation into the accident. OceanGate actually comprises multiple entities, including at least three for-profit US companies, one Bahamian corporation, and a nonprofit foundation dedicated to oceanographic research and education. Business documents filed with the state of Alaska show that Cyclops 2 LLC was managed by OceanGate Inc. and that at least two of OceanGate Inc.’s board members were investors in the company.

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1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
Potential Titan passenger says sub was ‘being tossed around pretty roughly on a daily basis’
1 year, 5 months ago
Ex-OceanGate Employee's Ominous 2018 Email About Titan Sub Revealed In New Report
1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
'That sub is not safe': Former OceanGate employee who was fired for raising concerns said the Titan was a ‘lemon’
1 year, 5 months ago
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush acknowledged he had ‘broken some rules’ in Titan sub's manufacturing
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1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
‘I expressed safety concerns’: Chat between OceanGate CEO and billionaire who was set to go on doomed Titan voyage viral
1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago
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