The Latest Breaking News from John Mauger

NEW YORK: A vast multinational search for five people who had descended to view the wreckage of the sunken RMS Titanic ended on Thursday after pieces of the privately owned submersible vessel that had carried them were found on the ocean floor, evidence of a “catastrophic implosion” with no survivors,…

Questions have been put to the US Coast Guard about whether the bodies can be recovered and if there should be changes to safety inspections.

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

Hamish Harding was on board the vessel headed towards the Titanic shipwreck along with four other passengers when it is believed to have imploded in the Atlantic Ocean

The US Coast Guard believes a "catastrophic implosion" occurred

Debris from the submersible that disappeared while on an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic on Sunday (June 18) has been found, and its five passengers are presumed dead.

“The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” Rear Admiral John Mauger said

Rear Admiral John Mauger said there did not appear to be any connection between the underwater noises detected and the location of the debris.

Debris from the Titan sub was found at 5am local time yesterday by a remotely operated vehicle 12,500ft beneath the sea, meaning the five people on board have perished

It comes after the US Coastguard confirmed debris found on the seabed is that belonging to the OceanGate submarine that vanished on Sunday

A remotely operated vehicle has discovered a "debris field" near the Titanic, in the search for the Titan submersible.