DEBRIS FROM IMPLODED TITANIC SUBMERSIBLE RECOVERED

Thu 29 June 2023:

Authorities are looking into what caused the catastrophic deep-sea accident as they tow debris from the submersible that imploded on a visit to the Titanic has been hauled back to shore.

On Wednesday, the Titan’s debris was brought back to St. John’s, Newfoundland, a Canadian port city located about 600 kilometers (375 miles) northwest of where the Titanic is thought to have sunk.

“Our team has successfully completed off-shore operations,” Pelagic Research Services, a marine research company, said in a statement on Wednesday.

Debris from imploded Titanic submersible returns to Canadian port

The wreckage of the Titan was returned on Wednesday to the Canadian port city of St John’s, Newfoundland, approximately 600km (375 miles) northwest of the Titanic’s resting place on the ocean floor. pic.twitter.com/Fqtd3FF7XD

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“They have been working around the clock now for ten days, through the physical and mental challenges of this operation, and are anxious to finish the mission and return to their loved ones.”

Photos revealed tangled wires and white panels from the 6.7-metre (22-foot) craft, as well as what seemed to be the submersible’s nose cone being lowered by a crane onto the docks.

On June 18, over two hours into its descent towards the world’s most renowned shipwreck, the Titan lost communication with the surface. An worldwide search-and-rescue effort sent about ten ships to the isolated location, some of which took days to arrive.

Pictures of the titanic sub debris are now being released pic.twitter.com/3sVi13MwM0

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Five passengers were on board the Titan: billionaire Hamish Harding, Titanic researcher Paul-Henri Nargeolet, businessman Shahzada Dawood, his son Suleman Dawood and Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, the company that owned the Titan.

After a nearly four-day-long international search effort, the US Coast Guard announced that the Titan had likely suffered a “catastrophic implosion” on the day of its disappearance.

All five passengers are presumed dead. Coast Guard Rear-Admiral John Mauger told reporters that the submersible’s debris had been spotted near the Titanic’s wreckage, about 487m (1,600 feet) from the shipwreck’s bow.

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