The remains of the small Titan submersible that disappeared near the wreckage of Titanic last week with five people on board were recovered and returned to Earth on Wednesday, June 28. Canadian media appeared to show parts of the submersible’s nose and hull being hoisted onto a Canadian Coast Guard vessel in St. John’s, eastern Canada.
One of Pelagic Research Services’ managers, who had deployed its underwater robotic vehicle (ROV) to scan the bottom of the Atlantic, confirmed that it had completed its operations. “We did our part at sea,” her spokesman Jeff Mahoney told AFP. “This was an extremely risky operation, both for the ROV and for the crew, who worked around the clock and with virtually no sleep for the entire duration of the operation,” he continued, confirming that all teams are now heading to the United States to return.
At the request of the news agency AFP, the Canadian authorities declined to comment on the salvage of the submarine wreckage and the US Coast Guard could not be reached immediately. The approximately 6.5 meter long Titan had submerged on June 18 to observe the wreck of the Titanic. Its five passengers perished in the vehicle’s “catastrophic implosion.” Several pieces of debris were found on the seabed about 500 meters from the remains of Titanic and at a depth of almost 4,000 meters in the North Atlantic.
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