It should be noted that OceanGate company organized a tour to the wreckage of the legendary “Titanic”. CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeole went there. Unfortunately, none of them managed to survive.

The explosion was directed inward

The company initially announced that crew members were missing. It was later confirmed that everyone present on the “Titan” was dead.

We now believe our CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his sons Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeole are sadly missing. These people were true explorers who shared a special spirit of adventure and a deep passion for exploring and preserving the World Ocean.
– said the company.

During the briefing, the US Coast Guard also confirmed that the wreckage discovered the previous day belonged to the Titan bath tub.

“Early this morning (June 22 – Techno 24), an unmanned underwater vehicle launched from the Horizon Arctic ship discovered that Titan’s tail was on the seafloor about 487 meters (Techno 24) from the Titanic. Additional debris has since been found. “During consultation with experts from Joint command (Operation Techno 24), it was concluded that the wreckage indicates the catastrophic loss of the passenger capsule,” said Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Moger.

The wreck itself helped to understand what happened to the submarine. Judging by them, we can assume what it is. internal explosion, Says the US Coast Guard.

Contact with “Titan” was lost on Sunday

Let us remind you that the “Titan” submersible lost contact with the auxiliary ship on Sunday morning. It happened a few hours after diving. According to Moger, It’s too early to tell if the ship has broken down.

Note until the end there was hope that the crew members managed to survive. Hydroacoustic buoys dropped from Canadian planes recorded underwater sounds on Tuesday and Wednesday. At that time it was assumed that people lived and tried to identify themselves by hitting the trunk.