The aunt of the youngest passenger of the submarine that disappeared while on a mission to reach the wreckage of the Titanic has said that the 19-year-old "wasn't very up for it [the trip]" but wanted to please his father. Yesterday, several days after the sub lost contact, the US Coast Guard announced that it was believed the submersible had imploded after debris was found.
University student Suleman Dawood is believed dead alongside his father Shahzada, the sub's pilot and chief executive Stockton Rush, British businessman and explorer Hamish Harding and French national Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
The US Coast Guard said all passengers are presumed dead and offered its "deepest condolences" to the families after the tail cone of the submersible was found around 1,600ft from the bow of the Titanic wreckage. In a press conference, Rear Admiral John Mauger said further debris was "consistent with a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber".
