The company that ran the submersible that went missing near the Titanic’s debris said in a statement on Thursday that it thought the people on board “have sadly been lost,” according to AFP and CNN.
During this terrible moment, our thoughts and prayers are with these five people and every one of their families. In a statement, OceanGate added, “We mourn the loss of life and joy they provided to everyone they knew.
news sourceAccording to a US Coast Guard internal memo cited by reporter, OceanGate’s submersible Titan is likely to be responsible for the debris discovered on the ocean bottom on Thursday close to the Titanic disaster
The first to find a “debris field” close to the Titanic disaster was a deep-sea robot that was launched from a Canadian ship. According to another story from the news agency Reuters, it is located roughly 4 kilometers below the surface.
The missing submarine near the Titanic catastrophe may have experienced a “catastrophic loss” of pressure, according to the Coast Guard’s assessment of the wreckage found on the ocean bottom on Thursday
“We promptly informed the families after making this decision. I extend my sincere sympathies to the families on behalf of the United States Coast Guard and the entire unified command,” Rear Admiral John Mauger was reported as saying by AFP.
Oceangate Expeditions issued a statement saying, “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.”
These individuals were genuine explorers who had a strong sense of adventure and a strong desire to explore and preserve the waters of the globe. We lament their passing and the loss of the happiness they provided to everyone they knew, it continued.
A massive search was launched in the North Atlantic between the ocean’s surface and more than four kilometers below after the Titan submarine, which had been in communication with the mothership, lost touch on Sunday
It was transporting Dawood, a businessman who has both British and Pakistani citizenship, as well as his son Suleman. A seat aboard the sub costs $250,000 via OceanGate Expeditions.
Rush, the CEO of OceanGate, and Nargeolet, a French submarine operator known as “Mr. Titanic” for his numerous dives to the site, were also on board, according to AFP.
