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US Navy Detected Titanic Submersible’s Implosion Days Ago
- Search mission was continued in every effort to save lives
- Debris was found underwater by a remotely operated vehicle
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As multiple ships scoured the North Atlantic this week for the missing submersible headed to the Titanic wreck site, the US Navy had already detected an implosion on Sunday at the site where the vessel lost communications.
The information, which wasn’t definitive, was immediately shared with the US Coast Guard, and a decision was made to continue the mission as a search-and-rescue to “make every effort to save the lives on board,” according to a senior Navy official, who spoke under the condition of anonymity.