OceanGate Faces Federal Investigation a Year After the Titan Submersible Implosion

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.

WIRED could not confirm the subject of the investigation, and the US Attorney’s Office would not comment. However, several sources said that a forensic accountancy expert was one of the investigators and that the US Postal Inspection Service was also involved.

Although OceanGate is based in Washington

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