The US Coast Guard details that engineers from the Marine Investigation Board analyzing the incident recovered and transferred on October 4, after an underwater operation, remains of the Titan submersible that they found on the Atlantic seabed. American and Canadian investigators participated in the transfer operations.
At the end of June, the first remains were found on the seabed, about 500 meters from the remains of the Titanic and almost 4,000 meters deep, off the coast of Newfoundland (Canada). Possible human remains were also recovered..
He “Titan“, a small submersible of about 6.5 meters in length, submerged on June 18 to observe the remains of the Titanic and was to return to the surface seven hours later but, when two hours had not yet passed, contact with the ship was lost .
A rescue operation was then launched in search of the passengers. Crews discovered that the ship had imploded shortly after submerging, killing all five occupants, including Stockton Rush, head of OceanGateowner of the ship.
The mission to go down to see the remains of the ship, sunk in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, was to have lasted ten hours. The company OceanGate Expeditions was the owner and operator of the submersible, used to carry out deep-sea expeditions.