What happened to the Titan?
The small submersible, about 6.5 meters in length, submerged on June 18 to observe the wreckage and was supposed to return to the surface seven hours later, but when less than two hours had elapsed, contact with the ship was lost. After that, a rescue operation was launched in search of the five passengers.
The teams discovered that the ship had imploded shortly after submerging, killing the occupants, including OceanGate boss Stockton Rush.
The remains, found on the seabed almost 4,000 meters deep, will be analyzed.
Canada and the United States have opened several investigations to determine the causes of the implosion.
As soon as it became known that contact with the submersible had been lost, criticism focused on OceanGate, suspected of negligence.
In court documents from 2018, a former company executive, David Lochridge, claims he was fired because he had doubts about the safety of the submersible.
According to Lochridge, the ship’s porthole was not designed to withstand the pressure at a depth of 4,000 meters, putting passengers at risk.
William Kohnen, an engineer who heads a US committee on manned submersibles, told the BBC that his group had expressed concern about the safety conditions of the “Titan”.