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Five crew members on board missing Titanic sub believed to be dead

More ships were scrambled to help find the missing deep-sea vessel as oxygen levels dwindled

The Titan submersible has five people on board: (from left) OceanGate founder Stockton Rush, Hamish Harding, Paul-Henry Nargeolet, Suleman Dawood and his father Shahzada

Patrick Whittle, Holly Ramer and Josh Payne

The pilot and four passengers of a missing submersible that disappeared en route to the wreckage of the Titanic are believed to be dead, the expedition company said Thursday.