Rescuers have officially announced that the Titan submersible imploded after search robots found debris more than two miles under the ocean surface. All of the passengers aboard the missing vessel, which first lost contact on Sunday, are now believed to be dead.
The bodies of those on board -Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul-Henry Nargeolet, Stockton Rush and Hamish Harding - may never be recovered. OceanGate, the company which operated the tour, made a statement on Thursday evening saying it "grieved the loss of life and joy they brought to everyone they [the passengers] knew".
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