“Our mandate is to find out what happened and why, and find out what needs to be changed to reduce the possibility or risk of events of this type occurring in the future,” said the president of the Transportation Safety Board (TSB). , Kathy Fox.
“We know that everyone wants answers, especially families and the public,” he told reporters in St. John’s in Newfoundland.
The investigation could last between 18 months and two years.
TSB investigators on Saturday boarded the Canadian-flagged freighter Polar Price, which had left St. John’s last weekend to take the Titan to its launch point in the North Atlantic.
The Transportation Safety Board routinely investigates air, rail, shipping, and pipeline accidents in order to improve transportation safety. It does not determine guilt or civil or criminal liability.
The US Coast Guard begins its investigation
The United States Coast Guard reported Sunday that it has formed a Marine Board of Inquiry (MBI), its highest level of investigation into this North Atlantic tragedy that has attracted global attention.
“My primary goal is to prevent a similar incident by making the necessary recommendations to improve the security of the maritime domain around the world,” Jason Neubauer, chief of investigation for the Coast Guard and leader of this investigation, said at a news conference in Boston. .