‘Debris field’ found during search for missing Titanic submersible: U.S. Coast Guard

NEAR NEWFOUNDLAND — The search for a submersible carrying five people has taken a grim turn as the U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed that a “debris field” has been discovered by a remotely operated vehicle near the wreck of the Titanic.

The brief coast guard statement says experts are evaluating the find, but no other details have been released.

The submersible Titan, operated by U.S.-based OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact with surface vessels on Sunday morning as it was nearing the famous shipwreck, a 3,800-metre dive that usually takes about two hours.

Since then, a massive international search effort has been assembling about 700 kilometres southeast of Newfoundland.