According to the US Coast Guard, wreckage from the Titanic submarine indicates a “catastrophic loss”. Indications of implosion – The wreckage indicates a catastrophic implosion of the vessel, says the admiral in the US Coast Guard during the press conference. – As soon as we found the wreckage, we contacted the families. Our deepest condolences go to the loved ones of the crew, says the US Coast Guard. – We are still working to get an overview of the timeline. It is too early to say when the implosion happened, says the coast guard. OceanGate: – Mourning – We mourn those who have lost their lives, writes the company OceanGate. Around ten minutes before the US Coast Guard press conference, there was a press release from OceanGate. – Believe that everyone on board the missing submarine is dead. OceanGate is the company that takes paying tourists to the depths to see the world’s most famous shipwreck, the Titanic. The people on board the submarine. Wreckage found The wreckage was found on the seabed, around 500 meters from the bow of the Titanic, the coastguard says. It was an ROV from the vessel Horizon Artic that found the tail cone. Wreckage has been found in the search area south of the coast of Newfoundland. The remains were found by an unmanned mini-submarine near where the Titanic went down in 1912. The US Coast Guard will now examine the wreckage. Earlier today, the coast guard said that the rescue work is in full swing. A French remote-controlled underwater vessel was used in the search. It is a mini-submarine that can go down to a depth of 6,000 metres. A Canadian mini-submarine searches the seabed. But the search area is huge and the submarine is only 6.7 meters long. In addition, there are a number of rescue vessels in the area. Satellite images of the rescue operation. Photo: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / Reuters
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