Titan Submersible suffered catastrophic implosion, all 5 people on it killed
After a search for a submersible "Titan", US authorities announced the vessel had suffered a “catastrophic implosion”.
All 5 people aboard the submersible “Titan,” were killed, the US Coast Guard said
“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
The tail cone and other debris (altogether five major pieces) from the submersible were found about 1,600 feet (530m) from the bow of the Titanic, which rests about 13,000 feet (4000m) deep in the North Atlantic Ocean.
“The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, told reporters.
The Wall Street Journal was first to report about the acoustic signature picked up by the Navy.
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