A US Coast Guard official said he could not say what the prospects were of recovering the bodies of those killed on the Titan expedition.
All five people onboard the Titan submersible have died, the US Coast Guard has said. Rear Admiral Mauger confirmed five major parts of the Titan were found approximately 1600ft from the bow of the Titanic wreck.
The debris discovered was consistent with a "catastrophic implosion", he added. Onboard the vessel was OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, British billionaire Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet.