THEY DIED 1,600 FEET FROM THE TITANIC ..... THEIR BODIES WILL LIKELY NEVER BE RECOVERED

Titanic Five died instantly when craft suffered 'catastrophic implosion' 1,600ft from the bow of the wrecked liner: Coastguard has found multiple parts of the destroyed sub but CANNOT say if bodies can be recovered

 

Daily Mail 

June 22, 2023

 

 

The bodies of the five Titanic sub crew may never be recovered from the 'unforgiving' ocean where they perished, the US Coast Guard announced grimly today after confirming that shattered pieces of the vessel have been found 500meters from the bow of the famous ship the men died trying to see. 

The nail-biting search for the Titan, a 21ft submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, drew to a devastating close when a remote operated submarine from a Canadian ship found debris on the ocean floor. 

Search and rescue officials say the men likely died on Sunday - before military planes using sonar buoys detected what they thought could have been SOS 'banging' sounds in the water. 

'The implosion would have generated a significant, broadband sound that the sonar buoys would have picked up,' explained Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard at a press conference today. It would have been an instant death for the men, some of whom had paid $250,000 each to see the famous shipwreck. 

 

The victims are OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French Navy veteran Paul-Henri (PH) Nargeolet, British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, who was just 19. 

In a gut-wrenching blow for their families, experts say there is little prospect of recovering any of their remains. 

'This is an incredibly unforgiving environment down there. 'The debris is consistent of a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.. we'll continue to work and search the area down there - but I don't have an answer for prospects at this time,' Paul Hankin, a deep sea expert involved in the search, said.