PUNCH NEWS
More debris and suspected human remains have been recovered from a privately owned submersible that failed catastrophically in June while on a mission to the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said.
All five people on board the recreational sub, named Titan and operated by US-based company OceanGate, were killed when the vessel imploded, which is believed to have occurred during its June 18 descent.
The sub’s failure was confirmed on June 22, ending a days-long rescue mission that captivated the world.
The Coast Guard has launched its highest level of probe, called a Marine Board of Investigation, into the accident.
“Marine safety engineers with the Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) recovered and transferred remaining Titan submersible debris and evidence from the North Atlantic Ocean seafloor” on October 4, the US Coast Guard said in a statement Tuesday.
“Additional presumed human remains were carefully recovered from within Titan’s debris and transported for analysis by US medical professionals,” it added.
Some wreckage and presumed human remains were also recovered in late June…
