The remains of a human have been recovered, according to the Coast Guard
Titan’s implosion investigation at the U.S. Coast Guard and an investigation of the human-remaining debris in its four-day search
The investigation into why the Titan collapsed last week, killing all five people on board, should involve looking at the wreck. The world’s attention was focused on the multiday search and the recovery of debris from the vessel.
The “presumed human remains” will be brought to the United States to be analyzed, Neubauer said. He added that the Coast Guard has convened an investigation of the implosion at the highest level. The evidence will be analyzed at a port in the US by the Marine Board of Investigation. The board will share the evidence at a future public hearing whose date has not been determined, the Coast Guard said.
A crew has been “working around the clock now for 10 days, through the physical and mental challenges of this operation, and are anxious to finish the mission and return to their loved ones,” Pelagic Research Services said in its statement.
The Search for Debris of the Titanic Submersible in the Atlantic Ocean: The United States Coast Guard and a Marine Board of Investigation
It will not be easy to look at a black box, as is done in plane crashes. Mr. Hartsfield believed it was highly unlikely that a central data recorder would be present for a disaster. The data is recorded in many places, which could help investigators start to tell a story of what had happened.
The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the investigation into why the submersible imploded and has convened a marine board of investigation, the highest level of investigation in the Coast Guard. The board is working with agencies from all over the world, including Canada, the United Kingdom and France. There is no timetable for the investigation.
Mr. Hartsfield, who was consulted during the search but was not part of the recovery efforts, said an investigation could take anywhere from 18 to 24 months.
Five people set off almost two weeks ago to see the remains of the Titanic under the sea. The craft lost its communication not even two hours into the dive.
A British man who held several Guinness World Records, a French maritime expert and a father and son from aPakistani family were among the victims.
“There is still a substantial amount of work to be done to understand the factors that led to the catastrophic loss of the Titan and help ensure a similar tragedy does not occur again,” Coast Guard Chief Capt. Neubauer released a statement late Wednesday afternoon.
It is believed that the wreck of theTitan was found about 1,600 feet away from the Titanic on the ocean floor. The investigation is being lead by the Coast Guard in the US and Canada.
According to Carl Hartsfield, director of a lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and a consultant to the US Coast Guard, authorities have not disclosed details about the debris recovery, which could have followed several approaches.
“If the pieces are small, you can collect them together, put them in a basket or some sort of collection device,” he said. The ROV was on the deck of the Canadian ship to find larger pieces on the ocean floor. He said a heavy lift would be used to pull the large pieces up.
Representatives for Horizon Arctic did not respond to requests for comment. The ROV’s owner, Pelagic Research Services, a company with offices in Massachusetts and New York, is “still on mission” and cannot comment on the investigation, company spokesperson Jeff Mahoney said Wednesday.
The voyage data recorder from the Polar Prince, the Canadian-flagged mother ship of the Titan, has been sent for analysis by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
The implosion that killed the pilot and CEO of OceanGate and two members of a prominent family was followed by the deaths of several other people.
The company charged passengers $250,000 each to participate in the voyage. The implosion of the Titan raises questions about private exploration operations in the ocean. The investigation would be used by the Coast Guard to improve the safety of theubmersibles.