Everett company shares new photos after 1st successful dive to the Titanic

OceanGate brought a small crew to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to document the wreck of the Titanic.

EVERETT, Washington – Stockton Rush’s dreamy years were as the Everett man finally made it onto the Titanic.

Rush, CEO and Founder of OceanGate, and a team of specialists have made history, descending nearly 12,500 feet to the ocean floor on an expedition to document the famous shipwreck that sank in the Atlantic in 1912.

“We had tremendous technical, operational, business and ultimately COVID-19 challenges to get here, and I’m so proud of this team and grateful for the support of our many partners,” said Rush.

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On Tuesday, OceanGate shared some of the first pictures of the historic dive. The photos include an image of a stained glass window from the Titanic along with a floor tile that lies on the ocean floor in more than 12,000 feet of water.

The crew of five made the dive in OceanGate’s titanium submersible. The Titan is the only privately owned submersible in the world that can take five crew members deep into the ocean. However, unlike a submarine, a submersible requires an auxiliary ship that is on the surface of the water.

The dive was the first of several planned for the next month as part of an expedition to digitally map the infamous shipwreck using state-of-the-art equipment.

Rush and his team are planning about 20 missions below the surface this summer. Each mission will take around 10 hours, around half of which will be on the Titanic.

More photos and videos from the Titanic are expected to be released when the ship pulls into port between missions.

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