The wreckage of the small submarine Titan, which disappeared in the Atlantic near the wreckage of Titanic last week with five people on board, was recovered on Wednesday and brought back to shore. Canadian media has revealed what appeared to be parts of the nose and fuselage being hoisted onto a Canadian Coast Guard vessel in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
The remains of the submarine Titan, collected from the seabed, are handed over by the Horizon Arctic to the Canadian Coast Guard in St. John’s.
In the photos, the metal parts are covered with white foil.
There are pieces of various kinds. Among the wreckage are Titan’s landing gear and a stern cover, according to the US Coast Guard, reports the BBC, which believes the submarine’s porthole was also found.
After days of desperate searching, debris was found near the wreck of the Titanic on June 22nd.
Two investigations were launched to determine the causes of the implosion: one by Canada and the other by the United States.
The US Coast Guard in St. John’s Harbor after the arrival of the ship Horizon Arctic with the remains of the Titan.
The first photos of Titan’s remains
The remains of the submarine Titan, collected from the seabed, are handed over by the Horizon Arctic to the Canadian Coast Guard in St. John’s.
In the photos, the metal parts are covered with white foil.
There are pieces of various kinds. Among the wreckage are Titan’s landing gear and a stern cover, according to the US Coast Guard, reports the BBC, which believes the submarine’s porthole was also found.
After days of desperate searching, debris was found near the wreck of the Titanic on June 22nd.
Two investigations were launched to determine the causes of the implosion: one by Canada and the other by the United States.
The US Coast Guard in St. John’s Harbor after the arrival of the ship Horizon Arctic with the remains of the Titan.
One of the executives at Pelagic Research Services, which had deployed its underwater robot to scan the bottom of the Atlantic, confirmed it had completed its operations.
“We have completed our part at sea,” the spokesman told AFP Jeff Mahoney. “This was an extremely risky operation, both for the robot and for the crew, who worked 24 hours a day with virtually no sleep for the entire duration of the operation,” he continued, confirming that all teams are returning to their United States .
When asked by France Presse, the Canadian authorities refused to comment on the recovery of the wreck and it was not possible to contact the US Coast Guard immediately.
Two investigations are ongoing
The approximately 6.5 meter long Titan had submerged on June 18 to view the wreck of the Titanic and was due to resurface seven hours later, but contact was lost just under two hours later. The five passengers on board perished in the “catastrophic implosion”.
Several pieces of debris were found on the seabed about 500 meters from the remains of Titanic at a depth of almost 4,000 meters in the North Atlantic. Two investigations were launched to determine the causes of the implosion: one by Canada and the other by the United States.