US Coast Guard recovers remaining debris of Titan sub – including HUMAN REMAINS – on the ocean floor
US Coast Guard recovers remaining debris from Titan sub – including HUMAN REMAINS – on seabed
- USCG said the repair and transfer of the remaining parts was completed last Wednesday, and released a photo showing the vessel’s intact titanium end cap
- Suspected human remains of the five passengers were among the debris found
The US Coast Guard has found more debris from the Titan wreckage, including what are believed to be human remains.
The Coast Guard said the recovery and transfer of the remaining parts was completed last Wednesday, and released a photo showing the intact titanium fin shell of the 22ft vessel.
Additional suspected human remains were carefully recovered from Titan’s debris and transported for analysis by medics, the Coast Guard said.
The rescue mission, carried out under an agreement with the US Navy, was a follow-up to initial recovery operations on the seabed about 1,600 feet from the Titanic.
The new material was unloaded at an unnamed port.
The US Coast Guard announced that they recovered suspected human remains along with parts of the Titan after the debris field was located at a depth of 12,500 feet (3,800 meters).
The doomed Titan submarine disappeared during a tourist trip run by OceanGate Expeditions
The Coast Guard earlier said it found suspected human remains along with parts of the Titan after the debris field was located at a depth of 12,500 feet.
Investigators believe the Titan imploded when it plunged into deep North Atlantic waters on June 18.
The Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation said investigators from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada joined the salvage expedition, and the Coast Guard is coordinating with international investigative agencies to schedule a joint review of the evidence to determine the following. steps for forensic testing.
The Marine Board of Inquiry, meanwhile, will continue its analysis and witness interviews before a public hearing on the tragedy, officials said Tuesday.
The doomed Titan submarine disappeared during a tourist trip run by OceanGate Expeditions, which has since gone out of business.
After a frantic search for the vessel, a few days after the mysterious disappearance, it was announced that the five passengers on board had died instantly when the submarine suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ just 1,600 feet from the bow of the wrecked ocean liner .
The victims were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, French Navy veteran Paul-Henri (PH) Nargeolet, British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, who was just 19.
Some of the men paid as much as $250,000 each to see the famous shipwreck.
After a major search and rescue mission, debris was discovered on the seabed and it was revealed that the submarine had suffered the ‘catastrophic implosion’.
Safety fears were repeatedly raised by experts who said the vessel was not suitable for the deep waters it traveled to.
Critics said its carbon fiber hull was not fit for purpose and also raised concerns about its view, which was not certified to such depths.
The Coast Guard said it had created a marine board of investigation (MBI), the highest level of investigation.
The USCG launched an investigation into the cause of the underwater explosion that destroyed Titan
A previous discovery in June found debris from the Titan submarine that had been towed ashore. The large pieces of metal enclosed the nose with the porthole that the five men would have used to view the Titanic
A previous discovery in June found debris from the Titan submarine that had been towed ashore.
The large pieces of metal, including the porthole nose that the five men would have used to view the Titanic, were unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship this morning at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
They were quickly covered with large tarps before being lifted by cranes onto trucks which took them away for assessment. The pieces included a large, white section of curved metal. Another object was full of cables and other mechanical parts.