Work continues to recover remains that respond to the Titan tragedy

One day after confirming the implosion of the submersible Titan and the death of its five occupants, the work to recover the remains of the device continued this Friday, in an attempt to answer the unknowns about the tragedy.

Through a statement, the company Pelagic Research Servicesowner of the remotely controlled vehicle (ROV) that found the remains yesterday, confirmed that a new dive was carried out today.

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Thus, the Pelagic Research Services ROV Odysseus 6K launched today from the ship Horizon Arctic at 15:30 GMT in the North Atlantic to return to the Titan debris site, the company detailed.

“The mission is to continue with the mapping and documentation of the area and assist in any direct recovery of debris”he pointed.

The US Coast Guard announced on Thursday that “debris” had been found near the area where the remains of the titanic. Later, he confirmed that the remains corresponded to the external part of the Titan submersible, missing since Sunday with five people on board.

Rear Admiral John Mauger, of the Coast Guard, confirmed that the occupants had died, minutes after he was overtaken by the company that owned the submersible, Ocean Gate.

Mauger affirmed that the work to rescue the remains was going to continue, in order to respond to the tragedy that began on Sunday, after Ocean Gate reported that he had lost contact with the submersible.

The millionaire Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood traveled with his son Suleman, a 19-year-old student; British explorer Hamish Harding; the French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet and the CEO of the firm Ocean GateStockton Rush.

According to the few data that Mauger offered, a few hours after the discovery, the experts determined that the remains “are consistent with a catastrophic implosion”that is, a break and collapse caused by the greater pressure from the outside.

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Details about what happened, when the implosion occurred and also what were the causes of the accident remain to be answered.

Although the families of the deceased have not made any statement in this regard, articles and analyzes are published in the US media today stating that they could sue the company for having carried out the trip, despite warnings about its danger.

Hoping to find them alive, USAwith the help of Canadalaunched last Sunday a rescue operation with boats, planes and submersible drones.

Members of the public and private sectors participated in it. USA, Canada, France and the United Kingdomwhich attempted to comb the area located approximately 900 miles (1,450 kilometers) from Massachusetts’ Cape Cod.

The mission to go down to see the remains of the ship, sunk in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, should have lasted ten hours. The company Ocean Gate Expeditions she was the owner and operator of the submersible, used to carry out deep-sea expeditions.

On its website, the company offers trips of eight days and seven nights to visit the remains of the titanicwhich are located at a depth of 3,800 meters, for an approximate price of $250,000.

In a statement, the company said goodbye to the deceased yesterday, describing them as “true explorers who shared a distinctive spirit of adventure and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans”.

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Source: Elcomercio

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