Two years before OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded on a descent to the wreck of the Titanic, a Canadian government department considered working with the company and had a staff member board a vessel to observe a dive, a letter accessed by Global News shows .

On June 18, 2023, the submersible went missing in the northern Atlantic Ocean during an underwater expedition to view the site of the Titanic shipwreck.

Those on board include a billionaire adventurer, a wealthy businessman and his son, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.

Last week, a U.S. Coast Guard report investigating the incident said the Canadian government appears to have considered collaborating with OceanGate to further maritime research in 2021.

The authors cited a May 19, 2021 letter to Rush, in whi

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