2023-06-29 00:42:48
Experts found “presumed human remains” among the fragments recovered from the tourist submersible that disappeared with five people on board in the North Atlantic near the wreck of the Titanic, the experts reported this Wednesday (06.28.2023). US coast guard it’s a statement.
These remains and those of the ship will be analyzed, which might provide “crucial elements to understand the cause of this tragedy,” said Captain Jason Neubauer, head of the Coast Guard investigation.
He Titana small submersible regarding 6.5 meters long operated by a private company, submerged on June 18 to observe the wreckage of the Titanic and was due to surface in seven hours, but contact was lost when not yet two had elapsed.
The remains of Titan will be taken to the US.
A rescue operation was then launched to try to save the passengers of the submersible, which supposedly had air reserves for regarding four days.
But the teams found that the ship suffered a “catastrophic implosion” in which the five men died instantly.
The remains of the Titan, found on the seabed regarding 500 meters from the wreck of the Titanic and almost 4,000 meters deep, were brought ashore on Wednesday, at St. John’s (Newfoundland, eastern Canada).
A US Coast Guard ship will transfer them to a port in USAwhere they will be analyzed by researchers.
mg (afp, Archyde.com)
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