Debris discovered near Titanic site during frantic search for missing crew on OceanGate sub

Debris was discovered by a remotely operated vehicle searching the site of the Titanic’s wreckage for the missing OceanGate submersible, the US Coast Guard said Thursday.

The update was shared in a tweet from the First Coast Guard District, which wrote, “A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic.”

“Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information,” the Coast Guard added.

Coast Guard officials will discuss the findings from the Horizon Arctic’s ROV on the sea floor near the Titanic at a 3 p.m. press briefing, officials said in a release

The update coincides with the search’s ramped-up use of ROVs — even as the “breathable air” inside the missing sub likely ran out, by officials’ estimations, at around 7:08 a.m. Thursday.