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Presumed human remains and debris from the imploded OceanGate submersible were found from the ocean floor and transported onshore to Canada.
The US Coast Guard confirmed on Wednesday evening.
According to the Coast Guard, the potential remnants and shattered fragments of the submersible Titan, which was wrecked while diving to the century-old Titanic wreck, were transported to St. John’s, Newfoundland, roughly 400 miles (650 km) north of the accident site, by the Canadian-flagged vessel Horizon Arctic.
It will be transferred by a Coast Guard cutter to a U.S. port for analysis and testing by a marine board of investigation, which was constituted by the Guard this week to conduct a formal probe into the Titan’s loss.
In addition, US medical personnel will “conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident,” according to the Coast Guard statement.
The nature and extent of possible site remains were not specified.
A crane lifted what looked to be the nose of the submersible and other smashed bits wrapped in white sheet from the deck of the Horizon Arctic on Wednesday morning.
A smashed section of the Titanic’s hull and machinery with dangling wires were also seen being removed from the ship at St. John’s, where the Titanic expedition had begun.
The examination of the debris is expected to offer more insight on the origin of the tragic implosion that wrecked the Titan earlier this…
