An expert has said he was told the debris located in the search for the missing OceanGate submersible WAS from the vehicle itself.
Rescue expert and friend of the men trapped on the sub, David Mearns, has told Sky News he received a WhatsApp from someone "directly connected" to the ships involved in the search, who told him "a landing frame and rear cover from the submersible" was recovered.
Mr Mearns said he had been contacted by the president of The Explorers Club, which his friend and one of the missing passengers, Hamish Harding belongs to.
