The US Coast Guard says it has recovered “presumed human remains” from the Titan submarine. The ship imploded in June about 10,000 feet below sea level while taking tourists to view the wreckage of the Titanic.
The USCG said the recovery and transfer of the remaining parts was completed last Wednesday, releasing a photo showing the 22-foot ship’s intact titanium end cap.
Additional suspected human remains were carefully recovered from the Titan’s wreckage and transported for analysis by medics, the Coast Guard said.
The recovery mission, conducted under an agreement with the U.S. Navy, was a follow-up to initial recovery efforts on the ocean floor about 1,600 feet from the Titanic.
The new materials were dumped at an unnamed port.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it recovered what were believed to be human remains as well as parts of the Titan after locating the debris field at a depth of 12,500 feet (3,800 meters). Pictured: U.S. Coast Guard marine safety engineers assigned to the Marine Safety Center in Washington DC, working for the Marine Board of Investigation for the Titan submersible, conduct an examination of the Titan submersible’s aft titanium end cap in the North Atlantic. Sunday, October 1, 2023
The doomed Titan submersible disappeared during an OceanGate Expeditions tourist trip
The Coast Guard had previously said it had recovered what were believed to be human remains along with parts of the Titan after locating the debris field at a depth of 12,500 feet.
Investigators believe the Titan imploded as it sank in the deep waters of the North Atlantic 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 took part in the recovery expedition and the Coast Guard is coordinating with international investigative agencies to plan a joint review of evidence to investigate Next step to identify steps for forensic testing.
The Marine Board of Investigation, meanwhile, will continue its analysis and witness interviews ahead of a public hearing on the tragedy, officials said Tuesday.
The doomed Titan submersible disappeared during a tourist trip by OceanGate Expeditions, which has since ceased operations.
After a nerve-racking search for the ship, days after the mysterious disappearance, it was announced that the five passengers on board were killed instantly when the submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion” just 1,600 feet from the bow of the stricken 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 19-year-old son Suleman.
Some of the men had paid up to $250,000 each to see the famous shipwreck.
After a major search and rescue mission, debris was discovered on the seabed and it was determined that the submarine had suffered the “catastrophic implosion.”
Experts have repeatedly raised safety concerns, saying the ship is unsuitable for the deep waters in which it travels.
Critics said the carbon fiber hull was not fit for purpose and also raised concerns about the viewing window, which was not certified for such depths.
The Coast Guard said it had established a Marine Board of Investigation (MBI), its highest level of investigation.
Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate, the carrier of the Titan, died aboard the submersible last Sunday along with his four passengers, including PH Nargeolet (right).
Shahzada Dawood, 48, one of Pakistan’s richest men, who died on the Titan along with his teenage son Suleman Dawood, 19, (left) along with British explorer Hamish Harding (right).
The USCG opened an investigation into the cause of the underwater implosion that destroyed Titan. Pictured: Debris from the submersible Titan recovered from the seabed near the Titanic wreck is unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Wednesday, June 28, 2023
An earlier discovery in June found debris from the Titan submersible being towed ashore. One of the huge pieces of metal was the nose with the porthole through which the five men would have seen the Titanic
An earlier discovery in June found debris from the Titan submersible being towed ashore.
The huge chunks of metal, including the nose with the porthole through which the five men would have seen 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 cranes loaded them onto trucks, which took them away for examination. The pieces included a large, white section of bent metal. Another item was full of cables and other mechanical parts.