Missing sub: OceanGate runs extremely safe operation, mothership spokesman says

Five people are on board the submersible, which went missing on Sunday off the coast of Canada during a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, and there is thought to be less than 20 hours of oxygen left

The Titan launched from the Polar Prince. Picture: Dirty Dozen Productions/PA

A spokesman for the mothership which launched the Titan missing submersible has defended OceanGate, saying it runs an “extremely safe operation”.

Questions were raised about the safety of the vessel, called Titan and run by OceanGate, during a press conference in Canada on Wednesday.