Profits surge at Titanic Belfast
Tourist attraction sees business surging
Tourist attraction sees business surging
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Submersible imploded while diving to site of shipwreck, killing all five people onboard in June 2023
Image shows broken tail cone on floor of Atlantic, as US hearing into deaths of five people onboard OceanGate vessel gets under way
Five people on board probably killed instantly in implosion after losing contact with support vessel
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Larry Connor (74) to return to site where another submersible imploded a year ago, killing all five passengers
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Five voyagers climbed into the Titan submersible in hopes of seeing the wreck of the Titanic up close. The expedition ended in tragedy
Experts had flagged safety problems with OceanGate’s vessels years before the doomed journey that killed five people
Remains expected to shed more light on cause of catastrophic incident
Suleman Dawood’s mother says he was ‘so excited’ to try solve puzzle 3,700m below ocean surface
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Launch vessel Polar Prince returns to St John’s, Newfoundland, after five die in submersible implosion
Stockton Rush told a deep-sea exploration specialist he was ‘tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation’
Submersible believed to have imploded on dive to Titanic, killing five men
As the days rolled by, the chasm in the response to the two events was increasingly uncomfortable
US Navy first heard the implosion hours after the submersible began its mission, according to reports
Risk-taking entrepreneur behind doomed mission compared to Wright brothers flight pioneers
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Expedition operator OceanGate released statement on Thursday paying tribute to crew members after ‘major pieces of debris’ found near Titanic wreck
Experts suspect vessel hit by a ‘catastrophic implosion’ as it descended to Titanic wreck
US Coast Guard says debris found ‘consistent with a catastrophic implosion’ of vessel
Missing submarine, which disappeared on Sunday while on a dive to wreck of ocean liner with five people onboard, is ‘fundamentally dangerous’, says retired admiral
Officials caution sounds may not have originated from vessel carrying five passengers
Missing Titanic submarine: On my trip in a submersible, I felt a sharp stab of panic as I comprehended that I was sealed underwater
Passengers sign waiver that mentions death three times on the first page
Vessel with five on board went missing on Sunday during a dive to view famous shipwreck
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