It was announced by US and Canadian authorities that they will look into what caused the Titanic submarine to implode, which resulted in the deaths of five individuals.
Investigations will be started by the US Coast Guard with support from the US National Transportation Safety Board and the Canadian Transportation Safety Board.
Joint US-Canada Investigation Of Titanic sub
According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, they will also examine whether a formal criminal inquiry is necessary.
Investigative statements follow the Coast Guard’s report that sub debris had been found 1,600 feet distant from the Titanic wreckage, at a depth of 12,500 feet (3,810 meters).
The submersible belonging to OceanGate Expeditions collapsed on June 18 after losing contact with its surface ship while en route to the wreckage.
An multinational search and rescue operation was carried out for four days in an effort to locate the five individuals within the submersible.
CEO of OceanGate Stockton Rush, British millionaire Hamish Harding, French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and Suleman Dawood, an adolescent, were all present on board the vessel.
Ms. Nargeloet said that she discovered the accident on Monday after receiving a text message from her father’s spouse informing her that he was supposed to return at 6 o’clock on Sunday.
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Comprehensive Investigations Initiated into Titan Submersible Tragedy
The Titan submersible was launched with assistance from the Polar Prince, according to Transportation Safety Board of Canada officials, and they have already started speaking with those on board, including the families of those who perished in the sub.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada announced that they would conduct their own investigation in addition to aiding the Police with their first inquiry into the Titan submersible tragedy.
On Saturday, June 24, Kathy Fox, chair of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, stated in reports that data collection had started from the Polar Prince, the Titan’s surface ship.
The Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP stated that a team of detectives will decide whether or not a criminal probe is necessary.
In a press conference on Saturday, Superintendent Kent Osmond stated, “Such an inquiry will only move forward if our analysis of the circumstances indicates criminal, federal or provincial laws may have been breached” (24 June).
According to Mr. Osmond, detectives have already started to consider whether to open a formal probe.
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