More remains of victims of the Titanic submarine disaster have been found, 4 months after a terrible explosion at sea that killed 5 people.
The Coast Guard said the salvage and transfer of remaining parts was completed last Wednesday and a photo showed the intact end of the 22-foot (6.7-meter) ship. Other suspected human remains were carefully recovered from Titan debris and transported for analysis by American medical experts.
Investigators believe the Titan exploded while descending into the deep waters of the North Atlantic on June 18. The days-long search organized after Titan's silencing attracted worldwide attention.
The submersible was trying to observe the British passenger liner that sank in 1912. Passengers Hamish Harding, 58, Shahzada Dawood, 48, and son Sulaiman Dawood, 19, French naval pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush both died on the ship boat sank.
The Coast Guard's Marine Investigation Division said investigators from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Canadian Transportation Safety Board joined the expedition and the Coast Guard is coordinating with investigating agencies, international investigation to plan a joint review of the evidence to determine next steps for the forensic investigation.
Meanwhile, the Maritime Commission of Inquiry will continue to analyze and interview witnesses ahead of a public hearing into the tragedy, officials announced Tuesday. OceanGate, the ship's operator, went bankrupt.
Among those killed in the explosion was Stockton Rush, a submersible pilot and the company's CEO. The U.S. Coast Guard statement read: “Marine safety engineers from the Coast Guard's Marine Division of Investigation (MBI) recovered and turned over remaining Titan debris and sunken evidence from North Atlantic seabed, October 4.
"The rescue mission was conducted under an existing agreement with the U.S. Navy's Dive and Salvage Directorate, which followed initial recovery operations following the loss of the Titan submersible.
Investigators The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the US Transportation Safety Board of Canada joined the rescue expedition as part of their respective safety investigations. . "The recovered evidence was successfully transported to a U.S. port for cataloging and analysis.
Additional suspected human remains were carefully recovered from the Titan debris and transported to experts." US medical experts analyzed. "MBI is coordinating with the NTSB and other international investigative agencies to plan a joint review of evidence from recovered Titan fragments.
This review session will help determine the next steps for examination Necessary forensic medicine. “MBI will continue to analyze evidence and interview witnesses ahead of the public hearing into this tragedy.”