Submarine

A Twitter user had predicted the Titan's implosion in September 2022, while a TikTok user had placed it on her 2023 predictions bingo card.

Debris from the Titan submersible indicates that a catastrophic implosion destroyed the sub and instantly killed the five passengers onboard.

The tragedy of the Titan submersible that imploded during its expedition was an outlier, given that the maker of the vessel opted against certifying the vessel, defying industry convention.

The submarine vanished during a dive down to the Titanic wreck on Sunday. The confirmation of the sub's loss came after an extensive search mission. 

Other experts in the industry and a whistle-blowing employee raised alarms in 2018, criticizing OceanGate for opting against seeking certification and operating as an experimental vessel.

"The debris field here is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vehicle," Mauger said.

Sidonie Nargeolet said her 77-year-old father had been near the Titanic wreck 30 times, the first in 1987.

Rush, who is married to Wendy Rush, is chief executive of US-based OceanGate Expeditions which operates the Titan submersible.

OceanGate believes that the passengers on the Titan submersible have "sadly been lost" in a statement cited by CNN.

60-year-old Arthur Liobl described his trip aboard the Titan as a "suicide mission."