that went missing during a voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic did not survive, the company that planned the trip said in a statement to CBS News. The U.S. Coast Guard said the sub experienced a"catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," and confirmed that the debris field found on the sea floor earlier in the day was pieces of the missing sub.
"This is a incredibly unforgiving environment down there on the sea floor and the debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel," Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger told reporters. near the Titanic to look for the sub.Another robot from a French vessel was also launched into the water Thursday amid a massive international search effort for the lost 21-foot sub Titan.
In addition to the underwater robots, search planes and ships have been deployed to the northern Atlantic Ocean in the hopes of finding the sub approximately 900 nautical miles from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Coast Guard said Wednesday the search area was about twice the size of Connecticut. This undated image provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible.