An update on the Titan submersible disaster: the remnants of the sub have been recovered and brought back to Earth.

Debris compatible with a catastrophic implosion of the lost Titan submarine was discovered near the Titanic site this week, bringing the hunt to a sad but definitive conclusion. We got our first look

Debris compatible with a catastrophic implosion of the lost Titan submarine was discovered near the Titanic site this week, bringing the hunt to a sad but definitive conclusion.

We got our first look at what was left of the deadly submarine today, thanks to the recovery and return of chunks of the wreckage.

OceanGate Titan was broken apart and brought back to St. John’s, Newfoundland aboard the ship Arctic Horizon. To collect the wreckage, Pelagic Research Services sent out a ROV.

 

The team is seen unloading the sub’s salvaged parts onto the dock in a series of photos and videos. The Coast Guard will utilise the remains of the ship to learn more about the tragedy that took the lives of all five people aboard.

This morning, Pelagic Research Services released a statement saying that their crew had “successfully completed offshore operations” and “will be in the process of demobilisation from the Horizon Arctic.”

After 10 days of working around the clock, “they are anxious to finish the mission and return to their loved ones.”

Due to their obligation of non-disclosure and the confidentially of the Coast Guard’s inquiry, the crew is unable to speak more on their recovery effort. Please do not jeopardise the current Titan probe, they pleaded.

 

Following the “catastrophic loss” of the submersible’s pressure chamber, the wreckage were recovered 10 days after the OceanGate submersible disappeared and six days after the debris were located on the ocean bottom.

The field of wreckage was discovered in close proximity to the Titanic catastrophe, the sub’s intended objective; the tail cone of the Titan was discovered around 1,600 feet from the Titanic’s bow, highlighting the eerie similarities between the two maritime tragedies.

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British businessman Hamish Harding, French adventurer Paul-Henry Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and his adolescent son Sulaiman were among the passengers. It is assumed that everyone is dead.

The cost to passengers was $250,000. They were supposed to spend eight days exploring the Titanic’s remains. The operation’s safety has been called into question before.

Biomedical engineer at Duke University who specialises in underwater survival told CNN, “This was a company that was already defying much of what we already know about submersible design.”

I had serious doubts about the reliability of the technologies they were using. If I were James Cameron, director of Avatar and ocean explorer.

I wouldn’t go in that sub, and I think OceanGate didn’t get certified because they knew they wouldn’t pass, Cameron told the BBC.

The Titan submersible’s wreckage is shocking to behold in these photos, but maybe the pieces that have been retrieved will aid in the investigation and help avoid future catastrophes of this kind.