[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he US Coast Guard said they recovered debris from a missing submersible that was en route to the Titanic wreck, and that there are no survivors. The vessel is believed to have “imploded.”
Rescuers searching for the missing Titan submersible said all of the five people on board the vessel are believed to be dead, the US Coast Guard said on Thursday.
The company that operated the missing sub, OceanGate, said that it believed all those on board “have sadly been lost.”
Earlier on Thursday, the US Coast Guard said that rescuers uncovered a “debris field” within the search area where teams are searching for the missing Titan submersible that was traveling to the wreck of the Titanic.
A US Navy official said on Thursday that an acoustic “anomaly” that could have been an implosion was heard on Sunday shortly after the vessel was reported missing.
What exactly happened to the sub?
Experts recovered five pieces of debris that belonged to the Titan submersible. Following the discovery, the Coast Guard alerted the family members of those who were on board, saying that there was little chance of survivors.
The debris found indicates “a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said in a press conference in the US city of Boston.
DW News
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