The search operation for the Titan submarine in the North Atlantic near the Titanic shipwreck concluded Thursday evening, with the operator announcing that it had suffered a “catastrophic implosion” that killed five people on board, according to the Washington Times. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said also said the 6.5-long submersible watercraft that went missing after setting out early Sunday to explore the Titanic shipwreck most likely suffered a “catastrophic implosion,”. An American, a Frenchman, a Briton and two Pakistanis were on board. The submarine began its journey on Sunday and was scheduled to return to the surface after seven hours, but the Titan lost contact with the surface ship an hour and 45 minutes after it started to dive, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The submarine is operated by “OceanGate Expedition”, theoretically has the ability to dive for 96 hours.
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