New elements of Tourist submersible Titanwhich imploded in June in the North Atlantic, were recovered in early October, as well as “suspected human remains“, announced the American Coast Guard.
He Titana small submersible, approximately 6.5 meters long, was submerged on June 18 to observe the remains of the Titanic and he was to return to the surface seven hours later but, when two hours had not yet passed, contact with the ship was lost.
A rescue operation was then launched in search of the passengers.
Crews discovered that the ship had imploded shortly after submerging, killing all five occupants, including Stockton Rush, head of Ocean Gatecompany owning the submersible.
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The recovered items were transferred to a US port for analysis, the agency added. coast guard in a press release published Tuesday, October 10, in which they specified that American and Canadian investigators were on board during the transfer operations.
At the end of June, the first remains were found at the bottom of the sea, about 500 meters from the remains of the Titanic and nearly 4,000 meters deep, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Possible human remains were also found.
TitanicThe world’s most famous ocean liner sank in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from England to New York with 2,224 people on board, 1,500 of whom died.
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