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Presumed human remains recovered from Titan wreckage, Coast Guard says

U.S. medical professional will analyze the remains, authorities said.

thehill.com

(NEXSTAR) – Potential human remains have been found in the recovered wreckage of the Titan submersible, which returned to land Wednesday, according to authorities.

A formal analysis of the “presumed human remains” will be conducted by U.S. medical professionals, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release.

Five people were killed when the submersible imploded earlier this month: Ocean Gate CEO and pilot Stockton Rush; two members of a prominent Pakistani family, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood; British adventurer Hamish Harding; and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet.

Debris from the vessel was found on the Atlantic Ocean’s floor last Thursday, roughly 1,600 feet from the Titanic and about 12,500 feet underwater.

The submersible, belonging to OceanGate, Inc., suffered a “catastrophic implosion” less than two hours after it began its underwater journey to the Titanic’s wreckage, authorities determined. The cause of that implosion remains under investigation.

Twisted chunks of the 22-foot submersible came ashore at a Canadian Coast Guard pier on Wednesday.

Horizon Arctic, a Canadian ship, carried a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, to search the ocean floor near the Titanic wreck for pieces of the submersible. Pelagic Research Services, a company with offices in Massachusetts and New York that owns the ROV, said in a statement on Wednesday that it has completed offshore operations.

The Marine Board of Investigation will bring evidence from the implosion aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter to a U.S. port for “further analysis and testing,” the Coast Guard said Wednesday night.

One of the experts the Coast Guard consulted with during the search said analyzing the physical material of recovered debris could reveal important clues about what happened to the Titan. And there could be electronic data, said Carl Hartsfield of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

“Certainly all the instruments on any deep sea vehicle, they record data. They pass up data. So the question is, is there any data available? And I really don’t know the answer to that question,” he said Monday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

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I saw that. Interesting since all accounts said they were supposed to be crushed into ash and dust instantaneously. Also, no burn marks on the wreckage which calls into question the theory that there would be an immediate flash of fire with the implosion. Perhaps the former was dependent upon the latter.

In any event, I think the US taxpayers have done enough, and I certainly hope that we don't spend more looking for every little piece of dead flesh on the ocean floor.

 

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In any event, I think the US taxpayers have done enough, and I certainly hope that we don't spend more looking for every little piece of dead flesh on the ocean floor.

While I agree, this almost certainly means that someone is going to devote an excessive amount of money in trying to find out what exactly happened down there.

Hopefully they get it from their own pockets or raise money for other morbidly curious individuals. I personally think we should leave it as it is, like those on the sub should have done with the Titantic remains.

 

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'Our subs don't implode': Georgia Subway sign stirs controversy

A coastal Georgia Subway's sign caused a social media frenzy.

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