The U.S. Coast Guard believes the missing submersible it has been looking for suffered a “catastrophic Implosion.”
On Thursday, Rear Adm. John Mauger provided an update on the search for the Titan, the vessel that went missing on Sunday.
“On behalf of the United States Coast Guard and the entire unified command, I offer my deepest condolences to the families,” Mauger said during a press conference.
Hours before the press conference, it was reported a remote-controlled vehicle found debris from the Titan on the ocean floor about 1,600 from the bow of the Titanic.
The debris reportedly included the Titan’s tail cone.
Mauger told reporters, “The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.”
The Titan went missing on Sunday as it was conducting its dive to the Titanic.
It was estimated the vessel had four days’ worth of oxygen for the five people inside.
OceanGate Expiditions also said in a statement on Thursday it believed all five people “have sadly been lost.”
Stockton Rush, the chief executive of OceanGate, was piloting the vessel. On board as well were British businessman and explorer, Hamish Harding; a British-Pakistani businessman, Shahzada Dawood, his son, Suleman; and a French maritime expert, Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
