5 people on missing submersible believed to be dead, company says
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5 people on missing submersible believed to be dead, company says

5 people on missing submersible believed to be dead, company says
This photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions shows a submersible vessel named Titan used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic. In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday, June 20, 2023, for the submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. Photo: AP


The company leading the Titan submersible trip to the wreckage of the Titanic says the five missing crew members are believed to be dead.

OceanGate Expeditions on Thursday says its pilot and chief executive Stockton Rush, along with passengers Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet “have sadly been lost.”

Read: Debris field found in search for missing submarine

OceanGate did not provide details Thursday when the company announced the “loss of life” in a statement or how officials knew the crew members perished.

The vessel’s 96-hour oxygen supply likely ended early Thursday morning.

Read: Search for the missing Titanic submersible nears the critical 96-hour mark for oxygen supply

The company has been chronicling the Titanic’s decay and the underwater ecosystem around it via yearly voyages since 2021.

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