There certainly is no handbook or blueprint for handling a horrible tragedy and corporate crisis that played out in real time with the world watching. However, something seems awkward about OceanGate still advertising expeditions to visit the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic on their website.
The company that specializes in deep-sea adventures is listing two missions that will attempt to go to the ocean floor in June of 2024. As of Thursday, the company website said the 2023 expedition was underway, and anyone interested in going next year should reach out for more info.
Okay. It’s a strange and challenging time for this at the company, but it would be much more respectful to the four passengers who didn’t work for OceanGate and were killed when their submersible imploded just hours into the dive earlier this month.
It’s been open season for critics and former passengers to rail on the safety concerns surrounding these voyages. Insider quoted an actor named Alan Estrada saying the Titan submersible had major communication issues on his trip to the Titanic.
Details have also surfaced of a 2018 lawsuit that shows OceanGate had an employee who warned of serious safety concerns that passengers would have no clue existed. That employee was fired.
James Cameron, the famed director who has visited the Titanic wreckage dozens of times, said the Titan sub was most likely attempting to surface, and there’s a good chance the passengers knew the hull was cracking before the implosion.
An investigation is underway, headed by US and Canadian experts, to try and figure out why the implosion occurred.
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