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All five passengers on board the missing Titan submersible are believed to have died, the company that operates the vessel says.
The CEO of the submersible company, a British billionaire explorer, a French diver and a father and son were all on board.
Names of the five are; Hamish Harding (58), Shahzada Dawood (48), Suleman Dawood (19), Paul-Henry Nargeolet (77), and Stockton Rush (61)
Shahzada lived with his wife, Christine, and other child, Alina, in Surbiton, south-west London. The family were spending a month in Canada prior to the dive.
His son Suleman was a student studying at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Here's what we learned from the US Coast Guard's press conference:
US Coast Guard officials have said the debris findings were the result of a "catastrophic implosion" of the vessel carrying the five passengers
The site of the fatal accident was believed to be 1,600ft (487m) off the bow of the Titanic wreck
Five major pieces were discovered amid the debris around the Titanic site. Among them, a nose cone, outside the pressure hull, and a larger debris field
Rear Adm Mauger said he cannot confirm whether or not the US Coast Guard will be able to locate the victims' bodies. "This is an incredibly unforgiving environment," he said
There did not appear to be any connection between the noises that have been detected since Wednesday to the Titan sub, he said
The US Coast Guard said it will continue to investigate the site of the debris field. Rear Adm Mauger said right now there are nine vessels, medical personnel and technicians on the scene
The US Coast Guard will begin to demobilise personnel over the next 24 hours
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