THE CABLE
OceanGate, the diving company responsible for the Titanic tour trip, says all passengers aboard the submersible are believed to be dead.
The company made the announcement in a statement on Thursday evening after debris believed to be from Titan was found near the Titanic by rescue teams.
Also, John Mauger, a US coast guard, said the submersible with five passengers suffered a “catastrophic implosion” killing everyone on board.
On Sunday morning, Titan began a two-hour descent to see the wreckage of the Titanic at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, nearly 13,000 feet below land, southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
The eight-day journey conducted by OceanGate Expeditions is priced at $250,000 per person.
About an hour and 45 minutes into its descent, Titan lost contact with the Polar Prince, the mothership.
Search efforts began immediately and hours later, a Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area but efforts to trace the source were unsuccessful.
