All five passengers on that missing Titanic sub sadly are dead.

The lead starts right now.

The Titanic wreckage area now the site of yet another tragedy after debris believed to

be from the missing submersible is found with the passengers feared dead and wreckage on

the ocean floor rescue operations now shift from rescue to recovery.

Plus the safety concerns flagged well before this operation, one contractor who worked

with Oceangate says there was an experimental decision during construction of the vessel

and in the wake of this tragedy CNN is going to examine deep sea exploration and the

inherent dangers that come along with these kinds of curious mind expeditions.

Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Taffer we start today with our world lead and a tragic

ending to the search for the missing sub minutes ago the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed debris

from the submersible has been found on the sea floor near the wreckage of the Titanic.

Buradmurl John Maugers says the debris field is consistent with a quote catastrophic

implosion of the sub.

This morning an ROV or remote operated vehicle from the vessel Horizon Artic discovered the

tail cone of the Titan submersible approximately 1600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on the

sea floor.

On behalf of the United States Coast Guard and the entire unified command I offer my

deepest condolences to the families.

The U.S. Coast Guard is still working through the exact timeline but we do know the Titan

sub set off Sunday and lost contact with the chip on the surface of the ocean about

an hour and 45 minutes into its planned two hour descent to the ocean floor.

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