OCEANGATE EXPEDITIONS HAS said it believes that all five passengers “have sadly been lost”.
Speaking at a press conference this evening, shortly after the OceanGate statement was released, Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard said the tail cone of the missing submersible has been found close to the wreck of the Titanic, adding the debris discovered was “consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber”.
“And so we’ll continue to work and continue to search the area down there, but I don’t have an answer for prospects at this time.” PA Images Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul-Henry Nargeolet, Stockton Rush, and Hamish Harding PA Images “This is a very sad time for the entire explorer community, and for each of the family members of those lost at sea.