The US finds remains of the Titan and confirms the death of the crew

2023-06-22 21:35:37

The United States Coast Guard announced Thursday that the “debris” found near the area where the remains of the Titanic correspond to the external part of the submersible Titanmissing since Sunday with five people on board during a dive to visit the wreck of the Titanic.

Similarly, the Coast Guard has confirmed the deaths of the five occupants of the submersible, as OceanGate, the manufacturer of the Titan submarine, has done shortly before, which has also presumed dead the crew members lost in Atlantic waters after the oxygen on board ran out.

“Our hearts go out to their five souls and each member of their families during this tragic time,” the company said in a statement, adding that the five Titan passengers shared “a great passion for exploring and protecting the oceans of everyone”.

On board the submersible were the founder of the company that organized expeditions, Stockton Rush, the British businessman and adventurer Hamish Harding, the French explorer Paul Henry Nargeolet, the Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman.

Experts estimated the chance of survival of the five passengers aboard the submarine at up to 96 hoursalthough they had established 7.08 local time (13.08 peninsular time in Spain) this Thursday as the threshold.

catastrophic implosion

The United States Coast Guard has reported shortly before that a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has located debris near the area in which the submersible is being searched. Experts later determined that “they are consistent with a catastrophic implosion“, that is, a break and collapse caused by the greater pressure from the outside.

According to the underwater expert Paul Hanken, they found “five main pieces” which they recognized as “remains of the Titan”. The first thing they found was “the nose cone, which was outside the pressure room”.

“We found the bell at the front of the pressure room and this was the first indication that there was a catastrophic event shortly after,” he said.

The submarine disappeared on Sunday about 700 kilometers off the Newfoundland coast, with no clues to its whereabouts at this time. She lost contact with the surface less than two hours after starting the dive.