The first photos of OceanGate Titan wreckage are here, which show parts of the doomed submersible being pulled out of the Atlantic Ocean after it imploded on June 18, carrying five passengers, en route to survey the wreckage of the Titanic. The implosion is believed to have killed all five occupants of the ship. That includes Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, whose business constructed the Titan using experimental titanium and carbon fiber design.
According to the photos published by Associated Post, they were taken on Wednesday in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. They show crews unloading several parts of the Titan from the Horizon Arctic ship. According to TMZ, at least one of them appears to be the black landing gear from the base of the Titan.
It is likely that the [arts will be handed over to investigators to look for clues as to what could have caused the “catastrophic implosion” that caused the death of Titan Five.
A remote-controlled vehicle called the Odysseus was aboard the ship at the time, and it was this vehicle that ended the rescue effort when it discovered wreckage on the ocean floor just a few hundred meters from the Titanic’s hull.
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A representative from Pelagic Research, the New York-based business that owns the Odysseus ROV, stated, “Our team has successfully completed off-shore operations, but is still on mission and will be in the process of demobilization from the Horizon Arctic this morning. They have been working around the clock now for 10 days, through the physical and mental challenges of this operation, and are anxious to finish the mission and return to their loved ones.”
Investigators will now be given access to the submersible’s remains, including the shards of titanium and carbon fiber, in order to determine what went wrong. The event is currently being investigated by the US Coast Guard, Canadian and American transportation safety boards, as well as the RCMP and US Coast Guard.
According to a maritime investigations expert who talked with CBC News earlier this week, they might try to put the ship back together. “Just like an airline crash, they may try to reassemble the sub to put the parts together like a puzzle to determine where the failure point was,” said Tom Maddox, founder, and CEO of Underwater Forensic Investigations. “In the case of a massive implosion that’s not going to be an easy task because much of the craft would have disintegrated.”
