The OceanGate company said the lives of the passengers on the Titanic-bound submarine “sadly have been lost.” The cause would be a “catastrophic implosion”.
The The company that owns the Titan mini-submarine confirmed the death of the five crew members, hours after the limit time of oxygen contained in the vessel. It’s a statement, Ocean Gate claimed that the lives of the passengers on the submarine bound for the titanic “Unfortunately they have been lost.”
The Coast Guard of the United States says that the remains found “are consistent with a catastrophic loss of pressure of the cameraand confirm a submarine implosion due to the pressure the submersible was under at the bottom of the ocean. The five passengers who were going to see the remains of the Titanic “They probably died quickly, without suffocation or suffering.”
In the company statement, on the other hand, they sent their condolences to the families of the submarine crew: “Our hearts go out to these five souls and each member of their families. during this tragic moment,” they said. In this sense, they stressed that the victims “were true explorers who shared a distinctive spirit of adventure and a deep passion to explore and protect the world’s oceans“.
In addition, they valued the quick and committed effort of the private and public rescue groups from three different countries that have been working to find the submarine since its loss was reported last Sunday. “The whole Ocean Gate family is deeply grateful for the countless men and women from multiple organizations in the international community that expedited a wide variety of resources and worked hard on this mission“, they highlighted.
Between the five crew they were the CEO of Ocean Gate Expeditions, two other businessmen, and the son of one of them, and an expert diver. The adventurers plunged into four kilometers deep for search for the remains of the Titanicthe ocean liner sunk in 1912.
Communications with Titan were lost on Sunday two hours after it plunged toward the wreckage of the mythical ocean liner Titanic, almost 4,000 meters deep and about 600 km from the Canadian island of Newfoundland, in the North Atlantic.
What will happen to the bodies of the five crew members of the Titan mini submarine
rear admiral john maguer expressed during the Coast Guard press conference that the environment of the deep is very complex, so does not know at this time what are the chances of recovering the bodies. Upon finding the debris that confirmed the implosion, the families were immediately notified.
The next phase will be help families understand what happened and continue to investigate the site where were found
Source: Ambito
