Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic on June 28, 2023, at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's, Newfoundland. The Coast Guard said on Wednesday that it has recovered ''potentially human remains'' from the wreckage of the Titan submersible.
Medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident, the agency said in a press release.
The Coast Guard said last Thursday that the disappearing submersible imploded near the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five passengers aboard. The submersible went missing off the coast of Newfoundland in eastern Canada earlier this month, during a dive to the Titanic's wreckage in the North Atlantic.
All five people on board the Titan submersible have been killed, a spokesman said.
The US Coast Guard received debris and evidence recovered from the seafloor at the site of the incident, when large pieces of the submersible were transported to St. John's Newfoundland on Wednesday.
After consultation with international partner investigator agencies, the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to transport the evidence aboard a US Coast Guard cutter to a port in the United States, where the MBI will be able to facilitate further analysis and testing.
Capt Jason Neubauer, the chief investigator for the US Coast, speaks with the media as Samantha Corcoran, public affairs officer of the First Coast Guard District, speaks with the media during a news conference at Coast Guard Base Boston in Boston on June 25, 2023. I am grateful for the coordinated international and interagency support to recover and preserve this vital evidence at extreme offshore distances and depths, said MBI Chairman Captain Jason Neubauer, noting that the evidence will provide investigators from several international jurisdictions with critical insights into the cause of the tragedy.
Canada will launch a long-term investigation into the death of Titan, a submerged submersible.
Our team has successfully completed off-shore operations, but is still on mission and will be demobilizing from the Horizon Arctic this morning, Pelagic Research Services said in a statement. They have been working around the clock for 10 days now, through the physical and mental challenges of this mission, and are excited to finish the mission and return to their loved ones, the company said.