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Discovery: 'presumed human remains' found in the wreckage of doomed Titan submersible

News - Jun 29, 2023
Discovery: 'presumed human remains' found in the wreckage of  doomed Titan submersible
Image Credits: AP
Image Credits: AP

On June 28, local time, the Canadian Horizon Arctic ship carried a remote-controlled submersible to search for the wreckage of the Titan submersible.

Image Credits: AP
Image Credits: AP

It is said that Ocen Gtae's submersible exploded due to the terrible water pressure while visiting the legendary Titanic wreck.

According to AP, a pile of wreckage from the Titan submersible, including a window and a large piece of the hull, was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic in St. Johns on Wednesday.

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Image Credits: AP

According to authorities, the wreckage was found at about 3,810 meters from the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 488 meters from the Titanic.

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Image Credits: AP

The U.S. Coast Guard announced that wreckage, including presumed human remains, had been pulled from the ocean floor.

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Image Credits: Daily Mail

U.S. medical experts will also "conduct a formal analysis of alleged human remains carefully recovered from the wreckage at the event site," Reuters reported.

Experts had previously warned that the bodies of the five passengers were unlikely to be found. They also said the explosion would reduce the submersible's components to dust.

The Coast Guard also convened a Maritime Board of Inquiry to look more closely at the circumstances of the explosion on the ship.

The head of the investigation, Coast Guard Captain Jason Neubauer, said the purpose of the investigation was to "issue the necessary civil or criminal sanctions to the appropriate authorities."

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Image Credits: ZUMAPRESS.com

Neubauer added that a "substantial amount of work" still needs to be done to figure out what happened to the Titan submersible. The cause of the incident is currently under investigation.

Image Credits: Reuters
Image Credits: Reuters

Five victims included: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, British Explorer Hamish Harding, and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet.

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