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Presumed human remains have been found within the wreckage of the Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard says.
Pieces from the sub, which imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, were unloaded in St John's, Canada, on Wednesday.
Officials say the sub's landing frame and a rear cover were found among the debris.
US medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed remains, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
The agency is in the early stages of an investigation into the causes of the disaster. The Coast Guard's Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) will transport the evidence to a US port for further analysis and testing.
Parts of the tourist submersible that imploded on a deep dive to the Titanic, killing five people, have been seen for the first time since the incident.
Metal wreckage from the Titan sub was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St John's, Canada, on Wednesday.
Photographs showed metal pieces from the sub covered in tarps before cranes lifted them on to trucks.
US Coast Guard officials have said the submersible's landing frame and a rear cover were found among the debris.
All five people on board the vessel died on 18 June after it imploded about 90 minutes into a dive to view the famous 1912 shipwreck, which sits at a depth of 3,800m (12,500ft) in the north Atlantic
The submersible's construction included at least one titanium end cap, a titanium ring and a carbon fibre cylinder.
The debris brought ashore on Wednesday appeared to include at least one titanium end cap, the sub's porthole with its window missing, as well as a titanium ring, landing frame and the end equipment bay, according to BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos.
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