Archive image: Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina crewmembers aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane aid in the search for the 21-foot submersible, Titan, approximately 900 nautical miles East of Cape Cod, June 21, 2023.
The unified command is searching for five people after the Canadian research vessel Polar Prince lost contact with their submersible during a dive June 18, 2023.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Amber Howie.
WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard received debris and evidence recovered from the seafloor at the site of the TITAN submersible when the M/V HORIZON ARCTIC arrived in St. John’s Newfoundland, June 28, 2023.
After consultation with international partner investigative agencies, the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to transport the evidence aboard a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) to a port in the United States where the MBI will be able to facilitate further analysis and testing.
United States medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident.
“I am grateful for the coordinated international and interagency support to recover and preserve this vital evidence at extreme offshore distances and depths,” stated MBI Chair Captain Jason Neubauer. “The evidence will provide investigators from several international jurisdictions with critical insights into the cause of this tragedy. There is still a substantial amount of work to be done to understand the factors that led to the catastrophic loss of the TITAN and help ensure a similar tragedy does not occur again.”
The MBI will continue evidence collection and witness interviews to inform a public hearing regarding this tragedy.
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