Mangled debris from doomed Titan sub is brought ashore in Canada after being ten days after it suffered ‘catastrophic implosion’ 12,500ft below Atlantic near the Titanic wreck, killing all five on board
- Large chunks of the Titan submersible have been pulled from the Atlantic ocean
- The vessel suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ with five people on board during a mission to the site of the Titanic’s wreckage
- The U.S. Coast Guard has led a mission to recover what remains of Titan and investigate the cause of the disaster
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 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 lorries that took them away for assessment.
It comes exactly ten days after the doomed Titan submersible vanished during a tourist trip run by OceanGate Expeditions.
Last Thursday it was revealed that the sub had suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ near the bottom of the ocean, killing all five on board.
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 lorries 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
Titan went missing on Sunday, June 18 during a mission to the Titanic’s wreckage
