OTTAWA, June 28 (Reuters) - Debris from the tourist submersible destroyed in an implosion that killed the five people aboard were recovered along with presumed human remains and brought ashore on Wednesday for examination, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
U.S. medical professionals also "will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident," the Coast Guard statement added.
Footage also showed a shattered piece of the Titan's hull and machinery with dangling wires being taken off the ship at St. John's, where the expedition to the Titanic had begun.
[1/6]A view of the Horizon Arctic ship, as salvaged pieces of the Titan submersible from OceanGate Expeditions are returned, in St. John's harbour, Newfoundland, Canada June 28, 2023.
Among the dead was Stockton Rush, the submersible pilot and CEO of U.S.-based OceanGate Expeditions, which owned and operated the Titan.
Persons:
David Hiscock, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, OceanGate, Ismail Shakil, Steve Gorman, Deepa Babington, Leslie Adler
Organizations:
OTTAWA, U.S . Coast Guard, Canadian, Coast Guard, Guard, Canadian Broadcast Corp, OceanGate Expeditions, REUTERS, Canada's Transportation, Stockton Rush, Expeditions, Thomson
Locations:
St, John's, Newfoundland, Canada, U.S, North, British, Ottawa, Los Angeles