All passengers of missing #Titanic #submarine ‘sadly lost’
#BOSTON (MNP) – The operator of a submersible missing near the wreck of the #Titanic said Thursday it believed all five people on board were dead, due to what the #CoastGuard described as a ” #catastrophic ” implosion of the vessel in the #ocean depths.
The solemn announcement from #Oceangate came hours after rescuers said a “debris field” had been discovered following a #dayslong search — adding to fears that, even if the vessel were still intact, its oxygen may have run out.
“We now believe that our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost,” Oceangate said in a statement.
“These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans,” it said.
“We grieve the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they knew.”
The US Coast Guard said the debris was consistent with a “catastrophic implosion” of the vessel.
The small tourist sub had been lost since Sunday, somewhere in a vast swathe of the North Atlantic between the ocean’s surface and more than two miles (nearly four kilometers) below.
