All Members of Missing Titan Submarine Believed Dead, Company Says: ‘Our Hearts Are With These Five Souls’

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Titanic wreck. The submersible went missing on Sunday off the coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland, after its communication systems began failing an hour and 30 minutes after its descent.

At a press conference Thursday afternoon, a Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed that debris discovered near the Titanic wreckage was from the Titan. “The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.

Upon this determination, we immediately notified the family,” the spokesperson said. “On behalf of the United States Coast Guard, I offer my deepest condolences to the families.” The members of the submarine included OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush; British businessman Hamish Harding; British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman; and former French Navy diver Paul-Henry Nargeole.

They all embarked on the Sunday voyage aboard the submersible. The U.S. Coast Guard led a 10,000-square-mile search to identify the submersible but were met with no findings.