by Jen Smith, Martin Robinson, Rory Tingle and Ross Ibbetson at Daily Mail
- Five major pieces of debris from the Titan sub – including the main body of its hull – have been found
- The men inside likely died instantly in an implosion that would have created a ‘broadband’ underwater boom
- Fragments of shattered sub found 500 meters (1,600ft) from Titanic bow in ‘clear’ patch of ocean bed
- READ MORE: MailOnline’s full coverage of the missing sub
The Titanic Five were killed instantly when the submersible suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ just 1,600ft from the bow of the wrecked ocean liner, the US Coast Guard announced on Thursday.
The nail-biting search for the men on the Titan, a 21ft submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, drew to a devastating close when a remote operated submarine from a Canadian ship found debris on the ocean floor.
Search and rescue officials say the men likely died on Sunday – before military planes using sonar buoys detected what they thought could have been SOS ‘banging’ sounds in the water.
The victims are OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French Navy veteran Paul-Henri (PH) Nargeolet, British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, who was just 19.
‘The implosion would have generated a significant, broadband sound that the sonar buoys would have picked up,’ explained Rear Admiral John Mauger of the US Coast Guard at a press conference today.
It would have been an instant death for the men, some of whom had paid $250,000 each to see the famous shipwreck.
In a gut-wrenching blow for their families,…
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