Additional “presumed human remains” and the last pieces of the doomed Titan sunken ship were plucked from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean last week, officials announced Tuesday.
Marine safety engineer for the US Coast Guard [USCG] recovered several pieces of debris, including the intact titanium hull of the 22-foot ship, from the seabed Wednesday.
The artifact is located about 1,600 feet from the Titanic, the submarine’s destination when it exploded in June, killing all five aboard.
“Additional suspected human remains have been carefully recovered from within the debris of Titan and transported for analysis by US medical professionals,” the USCG said in a statement.
The rescue mission is the second, and perhaps the last, to the watery grave. Previously, human remains and pieces of Titan were recovered ten days after it exploded on June 18.
Coast Guard engineers found the remaining debris, including the Titan’s intact titanium cap. US Coast Guard HQ “Considered to be human remains” found in recovered wreckage. Becky Kagan Schott / OceanGate Expedition The second rescue mission follows up on the effort that began in June, just days after the disaster.AP
Officials will examine debris and other evidence obtained from previous recovery missions ahead of an expected public hearing on the tragedy.
Investigators believe the Titan exploded just one hour and 45 minutes after diving into the Titanic’s wreckage – when it reached a depth of around 12,000 feet under the sea.
The five victims are OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61, French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, prominent Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19.
OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush was piloting the ship when it exploded, killing him and four passengers. Arnie Weissmann/Travel Weekly via AP
Harding, Dawood and his son have paid up to $250,000 each for a ticket to see the famous shipwreck on the trip.
Before the location of the wreckage was found, a frantic international search effort was launched for the missing submarine, with rescuers racing against time to reach the submarine before it ran out of oxygen.
Rush, who steered the Titan, has faced scrutiny for seemingly ignoring major safety concerns on previous deep-sea voyages.
The Titan’s carbon fiber body has also been criticized for not being resilient enough to take many dives, as the Titan does. OceanGate has gone out of business.
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