JUST IN: U.S. Coast Guard Confirms All Five Passengers On Missing Submersible Dead

All five passengers on board the missing Titan submersible are dead, the US Coast Guard has confirmed.

Officials say they found parts of the vessel amidst debris near the wreckage of the Titanic.

The debris was consistent with the “catastrophic implosion of the vessel”, Rear Admiral John Mauger said on Thursday.

The CEO of the submersible company, a British billionaire explorer, a French diver and a father and son were all on board.

Mr Mauger said he could not confirm whether their bodies would be recovered because of the “incredibly unforgiving environment” of the ocean.