What is OceanGate Expeditions? The company behind the missing submersible that went searching for th

Washington-based OceanGate Expeditions is the company behind a submersible that was reported missing on Sunday after losing contact with a surface team an hour and 45 minutes into a trip to survey the wreckage of the Titanic. The company takes paying customers to see the Titanic at a price tag of $250,000 a spot. Teams from OceanGate Expeditions began surveying the deterioration of the iconic ocean liner in 2021, and have returned every year since. There are five mission legs planned for 2023. The company said the aim of their Titanic expeditions are to document flora and fauna living in the wreckage, document the condition of the wreck with high-definition photographs and video, and supplement the work of previous scientific expeditions by capturing data and images that can be used for continued scientific study at the site. In a previous interview with KING 5 back in 2021, OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush said, "For me, the whole mission is how do we get access to the deep ocean that isn't limited by government research dollars or billionaires' yachts? And so, the Titanic is the way to do that." READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/loc...