I strongly “accuse” against her OceanGate Expeditions of the company that owns the missing Titan submarine, for its decision to organize an expedition with five passengers at such depths, engineer Sergio Cappelli, president of Drass Underwater Technology and Defense, a company active in hyperbaric technology and production, told RAI News commercial deep diving vessels, submarines and special forces vehicles.

“Looking at the pictures, and with the little data we have available, I can say that the chances are intact the vehicle is extremely remote. It looks like a mission carried out with previous technologies and inadequate safety devices. Those who set up such an operation are “underwater cowboys”, they seem to have neglected the elements of risk, which for a mission of this kind are higher than usual.

“Sending such a vessel to such depths it was a reckless move” Capeletti pointed out.

The eight-hour delay by OceanGate Expeditions to inform the US Coast Guard that it had lost its mark on Sunday may prove fatal for the five passengers, as reported by US and English media.

The submarine Titan was heading for the wreck of the Titanic in the middle of the Atlantic when it lost track of its support ship Polar Prince.