The Canadian ship Horizon Arctic deposited on Wednesday in the port of San Juan de Terranova (Canada) the remains of the submersible Titan, which imploded on June 18 when descending towards the remains of the Titanic, with five occupants on board.
Images captured by the Canadian public broadcaster CBC show the cranes of the Horizon Arctic unloading large pieces of the Titan in the port of St. John's in Newfoundland early Wednesday.
The Horizon Arctic, operated by the Canadian company that also owns the Polar Prince, the mother ship of the Titan, recovered the remains from the bottom of the Atlantic with the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Odysseus.
The Titan's wreckage arrived in Newfoundland on Wednesday. Photo: AP
The company that owns the Odysseus, Pelagic Research Services, reported through a statement that the team has "successfully" completed offshore operations and is now carrying out its "demobilization process" of the Horizon Arctic, after ten days of work.
The bow of the submarine
Among the images published by CBC you can see intact the bow of the submersible, a gray hemispherical piece with a small porthole through which the occupants of the boat could observe the outside.
Among the images published by CBC you can see intact the bow of the submersible. Photo: AP
The porthole seems to have lost the piece of transparent material that covered it.
Another piece of the Titan unloaded by Horizon Arctic is a large area of what appears to be the machinery located at the rear of the vehicle.
The Titan was made of titanium and carbon fiber.
Time to investigate
As soon as the Horizon Arctic docked at one of the docks in the Port of St. John's, Newfoundland, a team of investigators from Canada's Bureau of Transportation Security (TSB) boarded the vessel.
Both the TSB and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have launched investigations to determine the circumstances of the Titan crash.
Another unloaded part is a large area of what appears to be the machinery located at the rear of the vehicle. Photo: AP
TSB has indicated that, being the authority responsible for the mother vessel of the submersible, it "will conduct a safety investigation regarding the circumstances of the operation conducted by the Canadian flag ship Polar Prince."
The US Coast Guard announced on Sunday an official investigation to discover the causes of the implosion suffered by the submersible Titan, which disappeared a week ago with five people on board while traveling to see the remains of the Titanic.
Last Sunday, the US Coast Guard reported another official investigation into the loss of the submersible, which will try to answer the reason for the tragedy.
Part of the submersible's hull was also landed. Photo: AP
The investigation will be led by Captain Jason Neubauer, who in a press conference explained that the main objective is "to prevent something similar from happening" in the future, making "the necessary recommendations to improve marine safety around the world."
Polar Prince was in charge of towing the submersible Titan on the 16th with its five occupants from the port of San Juan de Terranova to the point in the Atlantic where it submerged, about 600 kilometers to the southeast, where the remains of the Titanic rest.
According to US authorities, Polar Prince lost contact with Titanon Sunday, June 18, 105 minutes after starting his dive to the Titanic.
The pieces will now serve to determine why the submarine imploded. Photo: AP
The crash of the Titan cclaimed the death of its five occupants: the millionaire Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood with his son Suleman, a 19-year-old student; British explorer Hamish Harding; French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.
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