Titan Submersible Implodes Killing Five Explorers

A deep-sea submarine carrying five people on a mission to the Titanic’s century-old ruins was found after a “catastrophic implosion” that killed all passengers, bringing an end to a global five-day search for the vessel, Reuters reported.
On Thursday morning, a robotic diving vehicle deployed from a Canadian ship discovered a debris field from the submersible on the seabed some 488m from the bow of the Titanic, 4 km beneath the surface, in a remote corner of the North Atlantic.
The Titan, run by the United States-based company OceanGate Expeditions, had been missing since it lost communication with its surface support team on Sunday morning, approximately an hour and 45 minutes into what should have been a two-hour dive to the world’s most renowned shipwreck.
Five main components of the 6.7-meter Titan were discovered in the debris field after its split up, including the vessel’s tail cone and two portions of the pressure hull.
According to OceanGate, there were no survivors among the five people aboard the Titan, including the company’s founder and CEO, Stockton Rush, who was operating the Titan.
The four others were British millionaire and adventurer Hamish Harding, 58; Pakistani-born businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son Suleman, both British nationals; and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, a French oceanographer and famous Titanic specialist.