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A top employee raised safety concerns five years before the vessel’s catastrophic implosion

Coast Guard offers deepest condolences to families of those on board submersible that imploded, including three British citizens

The explorers travelling to see the wreck of the Titanic died two miles under the sea. Ariana Baio, Rachel Sharp and Jane Dalton report

A transnational inquiry has been launched to determine accountability for the deaths of five passengers aboard the OceanGate Expeditions submersible that imploded during a descent to the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic, the United States Coast Guard announced.

The search for OceanGate’s lost Titan submersible captivated the world last week. Following the news that the sub had imploded on June 18 while descending to see the wreck of the Titanic, focus has now shifted to how the event happened.

Memorials held by former Titanic expedition member

‘Dude, this submarine cannot survive going that deep in the ocean,’ Sean Bloom says he told his father

The post was removed sometime on Friday, a day after the US Coast Guard confirmed that the Titan’s chambers were found on the ocean floor

Princeton graduate and Titan submarine entrepreneur insisted Atlantic dives were not dangerous and once said: ‘At some point, safety just is pure waste. If you just want to be safe, don’t get out of bed’

The wreck’s location is approximately 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean

OceanGate Expeditions, the company that operates the vessel that imploded after it vanished on Sunday, offers tours of the wreck of the legendary liner for $250,000 per person