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A robot submersible deployed from a Canadian vessel has identified some wreckage located beneath the seabed, approximately 490 meters and at a depth of 4km from the Titanic wreck site. Authorities later confirmed this debris to be from the Titan submersible, according to Reuters.
It is a sad ending for the large-scale international search and rescue campaign for the Titan submersible.
Officials revealed that the robot discovered five main debris including the stern and two sections of the fuselage. Analysis of the wreckage indicates that an explosion occurred in the submersible’s pressure hull.
The passengers onboard the submersible included British explorer Hamish Harding, French submarine specialist Paul-Henri Nargeolet, British Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, and OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush.
“We have immediately notified the families (of those onboard the Titan submersible). On behalf of the US Coast Guard and the Joint Force Command, I extend my deepest condolences to the families,” Rear Admiral John Mauger, Commander of the US Coast Guard’s District 1, shared.
The Titan submersible was reported missing on June 18 (local time), at a location approximately 700 kilometers south of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. When it went missing, the vessel was en route to the site where the Titanic sank over a century ago.
The pilot of the Titan submersible was Stockton Rush, CEO of the lead company on the expedition. His passengers included a British explorer, two members of a Pakistani business family, and a Titanic specialist.
The operations of the Titan submersible are organized by OceanGate Expeditions, an undersea exploration company. Since 2021, the company has been monitoring the status of the Titanic and its surrounding ecosystem through annual expeditions.
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