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Debris from doomed Titan sub - including nose with porthole for Titanic Five to view wreck - is brought ashore to Canada 10 days after 'catastrophic implosion' 12,500ft below Atlantic killed them all

Large chunks of the Titan submersible have been pulled from the Atlantic ocean

 

By Lewis Pennock

 

Daily Mail

June 28, 2023 

 

 

 

 

Debris from the Titan submersible that imploded on the bottom of the Atlantic as it tried to reach the wreckage of the Titanic has been hauled ashore.

The huge chunks of metal, including the nose with the porthole the five men would have used to see the Titanic, were unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada, this morning.

They were quickly covered in large tarpaulins before being lifted by cranes on to trucks that took them away for assessment. The pieces included a large, white section of curved metal. Another object was full of cables and other mechanical parts.

Some of the sections which were pulled up appear to be parts of the sub's external cover and its landing frame, which were reportedly among the first bits of Titan debris which were discovered.

A large circular piece of the Titan, which is similar to the section at the rear end of the hull, was also retrieved.

 

The front-end of Titan, where its viewing port was located, was clearly identifiable among the sections which have been recovered

The huge chunks of metal were unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada, this morning

They were quickly covered in large tarpaulins before being lifted by cranes on to trucks that took them away for assessment

Several large pieces of the vessel have been recovered from the ocean, but other sections are believed to have been decimated by the implosion

Experts repeatedly raised safety fears about the submersible, Titan, before the tragedy

Titan went missing on Sunday, June 18 during a mission to the Titanic's wreckage

 

Another piece bears a resemblance to the antennae that protruded from the top of Titan.

The development comes exactly ten days after the doomed Titan submersible vanished during a tourist trip run by OceanGate Expeditions.

After a huge search and rescue mission, debris was discovered on the seabed last Thursday and it was revealed that the sub had suffered a 'catastrophic implosion', killing all five on board.

The US Coast Guard has launched an investigation into the cause of the underwater implosion that destroyed Titan.

Safety fears were repeatedly raised by experts who said the vessel was not suitable for the immense depths it traveled to. Critics said its carbon fiber hull was not fit for purpose and also raised the alarm about its viewport, which was not certified to such depths.

The Coast Guard said it had created a marine board of investigation (MBI), its highest level of probe.

'My primary goal is to prevent a similar occurrence by making the necessary recommendations to enhance the safety of the maritime domain worldwide,' said Jason Neubauer, the Coast Guard's chief investigator and leader of the probe.

'The MBI is already in its initial evidence-collection phase, including debris salvage operations at the incident site,' he added.

Neubauer said the US probe could also make recommendations on the possible pursuit of civil or criminal sanctions 'as necessary'.

Titan was reported missing last Sunday and the Coast Guard said Thursday that all five people aboard the submersible had died after the vessel suffered a catastrophic implosion.

 

Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate, which launched, Titan, perished on board the submersible last Sunday along with his four passengers, including PH Nargeolet (right)

Shahzada Dawood, 48, one of Pakistan's richest men, who along with his teenage son Suleman Dawood, 19, (together, left) died on the Titan along with British explorer Hamish Harding (right)

A large circular piece of the Titan, which is similar to the sections at each end of the hull, was also retrieved

Titan's carbon fiber hull and its acrylic viewport were subject to several warnings and James Cameron singled them out as 'potential failure points' on the vessel

 

A debris field was found on the seafloor, 1,600 feet (500 meters) from the bow of the Titanic, which sits more than two miles (nearly four kilometers) below the ocean's surface and 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Canada, which helped in the search for the submersible, said Saturday it was carrying out its own probe.

The Canadian-flagged Polar Prince cargo vessel towed the Titan out to sea last weekend but lost contact with it about an hour and 45 minutes after the submersible launched into the ocean depths.

The announcement of the implosion ended a multinational search-and-rescue operation that captured the world's attention since the tourist craft went missing.

British adventurer Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood were killed on board the submersible, alongside the American chief executive of the company responsible for the vessel, Stockton Rush, and French national Paul-Henri Nargeolet.

Salvage operations are continuing and investigators have mapped the accident site, Cpt Neubauer said on Sunday. It is unclear how long it will take. The US Coast Guard said it does not charge for search and rescue operations.