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NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada - The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that an underwater vessel has located a debris field near the Titanic in the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard, a potential breakthrough in the around-the-clock effort. The search for the missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic passed the critical 96-hour mark Thursday when breathable air could have run out, a grim moment in the intense effort to save the five people aboard. The Titan submersible was estimated to have about a four-day supply of breathable air when it launched Sunday morning in the North Atlantic - but experts have emphasized that was an imprecise approximation to begin with and could be extended if passengers have taken measures to conserve breathable air. MORE: Why rescue mission for Titanic submersible is so difficult. At least 46 people successfully traveled on OceanGate's submersible to the Titanic wreck site in 2021 and 2022, according to letters the company filed with a U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, that oversees matters involving the Titanic shipwreck.

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That's awful, but perhaps better than stuck for hours or days inside of a dead, dark, cold submarine at the bottom of the ocean as the oxygen slowly runs out.

I feel bad for the 19 year old who got dragged along by his dad, but honestly as an endeavor it was kind of begging for a disaster to happen.

Like if you go back and look at interviews from a while ago the guy is talking about how bullshit the safety regulations are and how hes not going to follow them because thats what innovation is all about.

To be honest, good riddance. The world is better off without a handful of billionaires who spend their money gawking at mass graves.

I can't be the only idiot who didn't realize the Titanic went down that close to Maine/Newfoundland. I'm 38 years old and never once even thought about where they actually sank.

Incase anyone is wondering... Little clip of an implosion

RIP to those who parished. I think most can take solace knowing that if it turns out to be true that it was an implosion, it would have been instant, and the occupants likely felt nothing. .

So crazy.

But yea I guess all things considered it’s a better option than suffocating/freezing to death. What a terrible situation.

For those wondering if there is too much of a coincidence that they found this just as their theoretical oxygen ended.

Probably rescute teams were searching first in survivable scenarios and switched to dead confirmation search today.

May they rest in peace.

I will not celebrate peoples' deaths, but I will not necessarily mourn them either. Their relatives certainly did not ask for this (regardless what you think of them), and they have to deal with this for the rest of their lives. Maybe some will get over this, maybe some will not.

At least it's a relief that there was no suffering.

Question... why wasn't this an unmanned, remotely controlled submarine with a front-mounted camera? If it had been destroyed, that would have been a lot of money up in smoke, but no lives lost.