Fears bodies of Titanic submarine victims will never be found after ship imploses

This comes after the US Coast Guard confirmed that debris found on the seabed belonged to the OceanGate submarine which went missing on Sunday

Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District who led the search for Titan, told reporters they found debris from the ship (

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Experts fear the bodies of those who disappeared on the imploded Titan submarine will never be found.

This comes after the US Coast Guard confirmed that debris found on the seabed belonged to the OceanGate submarine which went missing on Sunday.

A "catastrophic failure" would have led to the implosion of the submarine, the US Coast Guard has confirmed.

Founding board member of The Explorers Club, Hamish Harding, was on board, along with British businessman Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman Dawood and CEO and founder of OceanGate , Stockton Rush, as well as the French submersible pilot. Paul-Henri Nargeolet.

At a press conference Thursday, Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District who led the search for Titan, told reporters that they had found debris from the missing Titan at 5:00 a.m. EST (10:00 a.m. UK time).

Confirming that the submersible had imploded, he said: "The debris is consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.

(Left to right, top to bottom) Hamish Harding, Stockton Rush, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Suleman Dawood and his father Shahzada Dawood (

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"After this determination, we immediately informed the families."

The search and recovery of the bodies of the passengers will continue despite a ...