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Why do they keep emphasizing the fact that the submarine has gone missing and not the people within it?

As far as I can tell I think the company involved hasn't released a passenger list.

edit: An earlier version of the BBC's article said it wasn't known if people were on it at all; clearly there were, but I'd bet this is why the headline is so unclear.

I see. Regardless it sounds like it was unmanned because of the deëmphasis on the missing passengers. It's like saying “missing car” when people that were in a car go missing.

Sky News <https://news.sky.com/story/uk-billionaire-hamish-harding-on-...> identifies several of the passengers including:

- Hamish Harding

- Paul-Henry Nargeolet

- Stockton Rush (the President and CEO of OceanGate itself)

Isn't it described the same way when a airplane goes missing?

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