On June 28, metal wreckage from the Titan sub was unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St John's, Canada. The photographs depicted the covered metal pieces of the sub, which were later lifted onto trucks by cranes. Among the debris, US Coast Guard officials discovered the submersible's landing frame and rear cover.
Daryo earlier mentioned that all five individuals aboard the vessel perished on 18 June when it collapsed approximately 90 minutes into a dive to observe the renowned 1912 shipwreck, resting at a depth of 3,800m (12,500ft) in the northern Atlantic. The submersible's construction consisted of a carbon fibre cylinder sandwiched between two titanium end caps.
The debris brought ashore on Wednesday seemed to include both end caps, along with the sub's porthole featuring a missing window, landing legs, and the end equipment bay, as reported by BBC News science correspondent Jonathan Amos.
The most recent update from the US Coast Guard says, a total of five significant fragments have been discovered beneath the ocean surface in a large field of debris near the front of the Titanic. The Coast Guard has initiated an investigation into the Titan disaster, which is currently in its preliminary stage. Officials aim to determine the cause of the implosion and provide recommendations to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.
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The incident claimed the lives of Stockton Rush, the head of OceanGate who organised the dive, Hamish Harding, a British explorer, Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman Dawood, as well as 77-year-old French diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet.
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