Days after an ‘implosion’ rocked the Titan submersible while on a voyage to the Titanic debris earlier this month in the Atlantic Ocean, the US Coast Guard said that presumed human remains have been recovered from within the wreckage, stated The Guardian. It cited officials that the Coast Guard will transport the evidence recovered from the North Atlantic to a US port where medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of the remains.
“The evidence will provide investigators from several international jurisdictions with critical insights into the cause of this tragedy. There is still a substantial amount of work to be done to understand the factors that led to the catastrophic loss of the Titan and help ensure a similar tragedy does not occur again,” said Jason Neubauer, a chair captain with the Marine Board of Investigation, as quoted by The Guardian.
Notably, the submersible was launched from a ship on June 18 and it lost contact with the surface one hour and 45 minutes later.
The Coast Guard said last week that the five crew members onboard the submersible were probably killed instantly in a “catastrophic implosion”. The news came nearly a week after authorities announced they had found the wreckage of the craft, which disappeared while attempting to descend to the Titanic wreck two miles below the surface. The event prompted an international search and rescue effort.
On Wednesday morning, pieces of the mangled craft were brought ashore in Newfoundland, Canada. Officials said the evidence would assist in an investigation into the tragedy and answer questions about the craft’s experimental design, safety standards and lack of certification.
Large pieces of metal resembling parts of the Titan’s white hull and landing skids, designed for touching down on the seabed, arrived in St John’s on Wednesday, via a Canadian ship, the Guardian mentioned in the report. The wreckage included twisted cables and other items likely involved in the mechanics of the 22ft (6.7-meter) submersible.
Millions were stuck to TV news hoping for the crew to be found before the oxygen supply ends.
The National Transportation Safety Board has said the Coast Guard has declared the loss of the Titan submersible to be a “major marine casualty” and the Coast Guard will lead the investigation, as reported by The Guardian. It further added that OceanGate Expeditions, the company that owned and operated the Titan, is based in Everett, Washington, but the submersible was registered in the Bahamas. The company closed when the Titan was found.
As per the report, the Titan’s mother ship, the Polar Prince, was from Canada. Those killed were from England, Pakistan, France and the US. The five were OceanGate CEO and pilot Stockton Rush; two members of a prominent Pakistani family, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman; British adventurer Hamish Harding; and French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, The Guardian mentioned.
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