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Imploded Titanic submersible seen for first time, pieces brought ashore: Shocking photos
All five people on board the Titan were killed and debris from the vessel was located about 12,500 feet underwater.
Pieces of the doomed Titanic tourist submersible are being brought ashore and were seen for the first time since the catastrophic implosion that destroyed it. The Titan submersible went missing earlier this month, prompting a major search before debris from the vessel was eventually recovered.
All five people on board the Titan were killed and debris from the vessel was located about 12,500 feet underwater, roughly 1,600 feet from the Titanic on the ocean floor.
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This comes as investigators from the US, Canada, France and the United Kingdom are working closely together on the probe of the June 18 accident, which happened in an “unforgiving and difficult-to-access region" of the North Atlantic, US Coast Guard said.
The accident site has been mapped, Coast Guard chief investigator Capt. Jason Neubauer said without sharing the timeline for the investigation. The final report will be issued to the International Maritime Organization, he said, adding. “My primary goal is to prevent a similar occurrence by making the necessary recommendations to advance the safety of the maritime domain worldwide."
The ocean floor near the Titanic wreck was searched by Horizon Arctic, a Canadian ship, which carried a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to search for pieces of the submersible. The ROV is owned by Pelagic Research Services, a company with offices in Massachusetts and New York, Associated Press reported. The company said that it has completed offshore operations and its team is “still on mission” and cannot comment on the ongoing Titan investigation.
Jeff Mahoney, a spokesperson for the company, said, “They have been working around the clock now for ten days, through the physical and mental challenges of this operation, and are anxious to finish the mission and return to their loved ones."
