The remains of the Titan submersible have been transferred to the mainland in Newfoundland (Canada). Early this Wednesday afternoon, the Canadian ship Horizon Arctic deposited large pieces of the submersible in the port of San Juan, Newfoundland, which imploded on June 18 when it was descending towards the remains of the Titanic with five occupants on board.
So far, five major pieces have been found below the surface in a “large debris field” near the Titanic’s bow, according to the latest update from the US Coast Guard.
The Horizon Arctic, operated by the Canadian company to which the Polar Prince – the Titan’s mother ship – also belongs, recovered the wreckage from the bottom of the Atlantic with the remotely operated vehicle Odysseus. The company that owns the Odysseus, Pelagic Research Services, reported today in a statement that the team has “successfully” completed offshore operations and is now carrying out its “demobilization process” of the Horizon Arctic, after ten working days.
The images showed metal parts from the submarine covered in tarpaulins before cranes loaded them onto trucks. In them you can see the bow of the submersible intact, a gray hemispherical piece with a small porthole through which the occupants of the boat could see the outside. The porthole seems to have lost the piece of transparent material that covered it. Another downloaded piece is a large area of ??what appears to be machinery located at the rear of the vehicle.
As soon as the Horizon Arctic docked at one of the docks in the port of Saint John, Newfoundland, a team of investigators from Canada’s Transportation Security Bureau (TSB) boarded the vessel.
Both the TSB and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have launched investigations to determine the circumstances of the Titan crash.
TSB has indicated that, as the authority responsible for the mother ship of the submersible, “it will conduct a safety investigation regarding the circumstances of the operation carried out by the Canadian flag ship Polar Prince.”
Last Sunday, the US Coast Guard reported another official investigation into the loss of the submersible, which will try to answer the reason for the tragedy.
The investigation will be led by Captain Jason Neubauer, who in a press conference explained that the main objective is to “prevent something similar from happening” in the future, making “the necessary recommendations to improve marine safety around the world.”
Polar Prince was in charge of towing the submersible Titan on the 16th with its five occupants from the port of San Juan de Terranova to the point in the Atlantic where it was submerged, some 600 kilometers to the southeast, where the remains of the Titanic rest. .
According to US authorities, Polar Prince lost contact with Titan on Sunday June 18, 105 minutes after starting his dive towards the Titanic.
The Titan accident caused the death of its five occupants: the millionaire Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood with his son Suleman, a 19-year-old student, the British explorer Hamish Harding, the French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and the CEO of the OceanGate firm, Stockton Rush.
