All of the passengers in the missing Titan submersible are believed to be dead, says the company which operates the tour. OceanGate made a statement on Thursday (June 22) night shortly before 8pm UK time saying it "grieved the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they [the passengers] knew".
In the statement, the company names all five of the passengers who were on the submersible. Rescue teams have been searching for the craft - which includes a British billionaire onboard - after it went missing near the wreck site of the Titanic ocean liner.
The deep-sea craft named Titan was reported overdue about 435 miles south of St John’s in Newfoundland, Canada, on Sunday (June 19) evening. Now, OceanGate has said that, in spite of the best efforts of the US Coast Guard and other agencies, they believe that all have perished at sea.
