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British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Thursday lamented the “tragic news” of the loss of the Titan submersible. “Tragic news of the loss of those on board the submersible Titan, including three British nationals, following an international search operation,” he said on Twitter. “The UK Government is closely supporting the affected families and expressing its deepest condolences.”

“These men were true explorers who shared a spirit of adventure and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans,” OceanGate said. “Our hearts go out to these five souls and each member of their family at this tragic time,” added the company, which said it was grateful for all the efforts made to find the submersible.

The submarine missing near the Titanic would have “imploded”, according to the first elements of the investigation. The US Coast Guard referred to “an explosion in the water column” of the submarine.

The ex-serviceman died during his thirty-eighth mission near the wreck of the “Titanic”. He was aboard the Titan submersible, wreckage of which was found on Thursday. His portrait: Who was Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet?

The US Coast Guard confirmed the death of the five passengers of the Titan submarine during a press briefing. The debris was found about 480 meters from the Titanic’s bow, they said. The debris, believed to be from the outer hull of the submersible, is likely consistent with the “catastrophic loss” of the pressure chamber.

OceanGate, owner of the Titan submersible, believes the passengers are “dead”, according to a statement. “These men were true explorers… Our hearts are with these five souls and each of their family members,” the company says. The company mourns the “loss of life and joy that (the five passengers) brought to those around them”.

The Iron Lung video game has seen its sales explode in recent hours. The reason ? Its scenario sticks, more or less, to the story of the disappearance of the submersible Titan. Iron Lung tells the story of a group of researchers who must try everything to survive aboard a sinking homemade submarine. David Szymanski, the game’s creator, tweeted that the Titan story had an impact on Iron Lung sales.

According to The New York Times, Wendy Rush, wife of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush who is aboard the Titan, is a descendant of Isidor and Ida Straus, first class passengers in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. She is indeed their great-great-granddaughter.

“Debris” was discovered in the Atlantic near the wreck of the Titanic by a robot participating in the international search for the missing Titan submarine on Sunday. The United States Coast Guard announced on Twitter that a “debris field” had been located “in the search area by a ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle, editor’s note) near the Titanic”, the famous cruise liner which sank 111 years ago off the United States and Canada. “Experts are reviewing this information,” which will be discussed at a press briefing in Boston (northeast) at 3 p.m. (7 p.m. GMT), according to the Coast Guard, leading an unprecedented search and rescue for find alive the five passengers of the small submersible, the Titan: two Pakistani-British, a British, a French and an American.

Mexican YouTuber Alan Estrada participated in the Titan’s first expedition in 2022. The videographer recounted his journey during a press conference, reported in the columns of El Pais on Wednesday June 21: “I was aware that I was risking my life, I knew what could happen,” he said. Alan Estrada nevertheless admitted to having made an “extraordinary journey”.

The daughter of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a great Titanic enthusiast on board the Titan, spoke this Thursday on TF1. Despite the depletion of oxygen supplies, she remains convinced that her father survived: “I believe in it”, she assured. “My dad is very good at handling stressful situations, especially in a submarine,” she added.

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The U.S. Coast Guard said it is continuing “rescue” operations Thursday for the Titan and its five missing occupants near the wreck of the Titanic. “We continue to see in particularly complex cases that people’s will to live really needs to be taken into account as well. And so we continue to search and continue our rescue efforts,” Rear Admiral John Mauger, head of search operations, told NBC.

The Titan submarine was carrying five passengers when it disappeared near the wreck of the Titanic on Sunday. Frenchman Paul-Henri Nargeolet is on board. Accompanying him are the British billionaire Hamish Harding, a Pakistani businessman and his son, as well as the American boss of the company organizing the trip.

The founder of OceanGate, who chartered the submersible, wanted to be an ocean explorer. The company refused to comply with workplace safety rules. Also Read: Missing Submarine Near ‘Titanic’: Stockton Rush Deep Madness

With the crew aboard the submarine Titan theoretically out of oxygen, and the submersible still not located, the French oceanographic vessel Atalante with its underwater robot Victor 6000 arrived Thursday, June 22, according to Ifremer, in the research area.

The oxygen reserves of the submarine disappeared in the North Atlantic have, in theory, been exhausted since Thursday, early afternoon. The rescuers are trying everything to find the Titan and its five occupants.