ITV Good Morning Britain fans took it to social media after Richard Madeley's "insensitive" remark about the missing Titanic submarine. The TV presenter was on GMB on Tuesday alongside Susanna Reid.
But ITV viewers weren't happy with a comment from the host, according to Birmingham Live. Richard read out a number of tweets from people watching GMB today.
"They should have just left the Titanic alone. Thousands of people died on that ship. Let is rest. These people have far too much money for their own good," Richard read, reciting one. "This is awful, but now more people have to risk their lives to try and save these people. All seems a bit idiotic to me. Hope they are found safe and sound though," a second said, Richard confessed.
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"I think it's time that people should just leave the Titanic alone and have some respect for all the lives of the people who were lost," Richard then commented, addressing yet another negative response. But viewers were left baffled by the odd move to read out negative tweets.
"Was there any need for Richard to read out those negative tweets? Not really the time or the place," a Twitter user fumed. "Not Richard actually reading out all those horrible tweets on air. Switching off," a second sniped.
It comes as noises have been detected from the search area of the missing deep-sea vessel near the wreck site of the Titanic as those on board face a dwindling supply of oxygen.
The submersible, named Titan, lost communication with tour operators on Sunday while about 435 miles south of St John’s, Newfoundland, during a voyage to the shipwreck off the coast of Canada.
Titan has five people on board, including British billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding, and on Tuesday the US Coast Guard estimated the 6.7 metres (22ft) long OceanGate Expeditions vessel had just 40 hours of oxygen left.
The others on board are Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman and OceanGate’s chief executive and founder Stockton Rush, reportedly together with French submersible pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet.
The US Coast Guard on Wednesday morning said: “Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV (remote operating vehicles) operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises.
“Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue.
“Additionally, the data from the P-3 aircraft has been shared with our U.S. Navy experts for further analysis which will be considered in future search plans.”
The Explorers’ Club, of which Mr Harding is a founding member, shared an upbeat message on Wednesday morning.
President Richard Garriot de Cayeux said in a statement: “There is cause for hope, that based on data from the field, we understand that likely signs of life have been detected at the site.
“They precisely understand the experienced personnel and tech we can help deploy… We believe they are doing everything possible with all the resources they have.”
