“We now believe that our chief executive Stockton Rush, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet, have sadly been lost,” OceanGate said in a statement.
'Titanic' movie director James Cameron paid tribute to 77-year-old French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet and said, "The legendary submersible dive pilot, he is a friend of mine. It is a very small community. I’ve known him for 25 years. For him to have died tragically in this way is almost impossible for me to process."
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, James Cleverly, also offered condolences and said, "Tragic news that those on the Titan submersible, including three British citizens, have been lost after an international search operation. The UK government is closely supporting the families affected and expresses our deepest condolences."
Missing of Titanic Submersible
"The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber," said Rear Admiral John Mauger, the US commander of the First Coast Guard District, on Thursday.