OceanGate and the Coast Guard confirm the loss of the Titan crew
Five people on board the Titan bathyscaphe that went missing in the Atlantic Ocean have died. This is stated in a statement by the operator of the private submarine OceanGate.
"We believe that our leader, head OceanGate Stockton Rush, Shahzada Daoud, his son Suleiman Daoud (a Pakistani billionaire and his 19-year-old son — MK), Hamish Harding (British billionaire, founder of Action Group, submarine explorer — MK) and Paul-Henri Nargolet (French explorer, expert on the Titanic — MK), unfortunately died,» the company said in a statement. .
«These men were true explorers who shared a spirit of adventure and had an irresistible passion for discovery and the cause of protecting the world's oceans,» the statement read. — Our hearts in this tragic period are with them and every member of their families. We mourn the loss of their lives and the happiness they brought to all who knew them.»
The U.S. Coast Guard also confirmed the death of the crew of the submersible.
Earlier on Thursday, it became known about the discovery of the wreckage in the search area for the bathyscaphe. Later, sources, citing representatives of the search and rescue group, reported that the landing platform of the device and the rear fairing were found.