Wreckage was found on the seabed, around 500 meters from the bow of the Titanic. This is stated by the coast guard during the press conference on Thursday. According to the US Coast Guard, the wreckage points to a “catastrophic loss”. Indications of implosion The Coast Guard cannot confirm whether they will be able to recover the bodies of those who died, or whether they will be able to find them. – This is an incredibly unforgiving environment, says Rear Admiral John Mauger during the press conference. – The wreckage indicates a catastrophic implosion of the vessel, says the admiral. – As soon as we found the wreckage, we contacted the families. Our deepest condolences go out 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. It says that they 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. Britain’s foreign minister: – Tragic news – There is tragic news that those who were on the submarine Titan, including three British citizens, have been lost, says the British foreign minister, James Cleverly, according to Reuters. These were on board: The people on board the submarine. French Paul-Henry Nargeolet (77) has previously been a diver for the French navy. On the Titan expedition, father and son, Shahzada Dawood (48) and Suleman Dawood (19) were on board. Dawood was a British businessman and his son was a student. British Hamish Harding (58) ran a Dubai-based jet aircraft dealer. Stockton Rush (61) is the managing director of OceanGate – the company that owns the vessel. Found wreckage It was an ROV from the vessel Horizon Arctic 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. No more press conferences are planned, says the coast guard on Thursday. Satellite images of the rescue operation. Photo: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / Reuters
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