The recent discovery of fragments of the Titan submersible near the Titanic has brought the multinational rescue effort to an end. The US Coast Guard has declared that the ship likely imploded, resulting in the death of all five passengers aboard. The investigation into what happened to the submersible and its passengers is ongoing, and here’s what you need to know about the next steps.
Remotely-operated vehicles are scouring the ocean floor for debris from the implosion. The Odysseus 6, operated by Pelagic Research Services, has discovered debris from the Titan submersible about 1,600 feet from the wreck of the Titanic. The remotely-operated vehicle found a total of “five different major pieces of debris” from the Titan, according to Paul Hankins, the US Navy’s director of salvage operations and ocean engineering.
Officials are now working to recover the debris from the sub, with plans to mark them and lay out a map of where the parts were found. Any recovery mission will be made alongside Deep Energy, another company assisting with the mission, which will use rigged cabling to pull up any pieces of the destroyed vessel.
The five passengers aboard the Titan when it imploded are presumed dead. Recovery of the bodies or the submersible is unclear, but experts have suggested that the implosion would likely leave no recoverable remains. The disaster has cast scrutiny on OceanGate, the Titan’s operator, as the investigation considers the submersible’s design, the materials used to build it, and the roles of Stockton Rush and OceanGate in the disaster.
Probes into the incident have been launched by the US Coast Guard and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will also conduct its own investigation separately from the Transportation Safety Board.
The investigation’s complexity is due to the “incredibly unforgiving environment” and intense pressure at the depths of the ocean where the submersible and its passengers are located. Scouring the ocean floor for debris from the sub and gathering information on what happened to the Titan will continue.
Read More of this Story at www.cnn.com – 2023-06-24 21:44:00
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