Human Remains Found in Titanic Submarine Wreckage, US Coast Guard Confirms
After a week-long search, human remains and debris have been found in the Titanic submarine wreckage.
The tourist submarine had entered North Atlantic waters to explore the wreckage of the Titanic.
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Human remains and debris from the tourist submarine that was heading towards the wreckage of the Titanic were discovered in the North Atlantic waters on Wednesday, June 28.
This comes more than a week after the search for the submarine with five passengers was launched.
“The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, told reporters.
The tourist submarine, which was named 'The Titan', operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact with its home ship on June 18 off Newfoundland, Canada.
The passengers presumably died instantly when the submarine imploded under the crushing pressure of the North Atlantic at a depth of more than two miles.
Among those on board were British explorer Hamish Harding, French submarine expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani-British tycoon Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, and Stockton Rush, CEO of OceanGate Expeditions.
The US Coast Guard also said that the recovered debris will be taken aboard a US Coast Guard cutter to a US port for further analysis.
The US Coast Guard has launched its highest level of probe, called a Marine Board of Investigation, into this tragic incident.
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