The victims from the submarine can be left on the seabed

Titanic  

Victims from the submarine may be left on the bottom  

Niklas Gustafsson, 

Mikaela Somnell

Updated 14:41 | Published at 09:25  

 

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The environment where the remains of the Titan passengers are believed to be is described as "incredibly unforgiving". 

 

The five men who perished on board may instead find their final resting place on the seabed. 

 

- The decision may well be that we leave them alone where they are, says Captain John Noble of the British Navy.  

 

On Sunday, the mini-submarine Titan dived into the North Atlantic to go to the wreck of the Titanic at a depth of 3,800 meters - but never came back to the surface.  

 

This may have been the last time the five passengers were ever above sea level.  

 

The expedition went horribly wrong and everything points to the craft imploding under the surface of the water - and the work to find the dead may come to an end, according to Sky News.

 

- The decision may well be that we leave them alone where they are, says Captain John Noble of the British Navy. 

 

He added that the five men "are in a resting place with hundreds of Titanic's passengers".  

 

John Mauger, Admiral of the US Coast Guard, explains to The Independent that the environment in which the search operation is taking place is "extremely unforgiving".  

 

 

Rescue personnel in the area where the submarine disappeared. Photo: AP  

 

The world held its breath  

 

It was only two hours after Titan began its dive that the crew lost contact with the mother ship.  

 

Shortly afterwards, a massive rescue effort was started which was followed by people all over the world.  

At 08:55 on Thursday morning, local time, wreckage from the Titan was found on the sea floor, 500 meters from the Titanic's wreckage, at a depth of 3,800 meters.  

 

On Thursday at 1:08 p.m., Swedish time, the critical time was passed when the oxygen in the submarine was estimated to have run out. 

 

An investigation has been launched into what went wrong when the submarine Titan disappeared.  

 

Passengers Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman Dawood, Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Stockton Rush, are now hailed as "true adventurers" in the international media.  

 

 Admiral John Mauger. Photo: Steven Senne/AP