Titanic submersible debris, human remains recovered

In this image obtained from the US Department of Defense and courtesy of the US National Transportation Safety Board, US Coast Guard marine safety engineers assigned to the Marine Safety Center in Washington DC, working for the Marine Board of Investigation for the Titan submersible case, conduct a survey of the aft titanium endcap from Titan in the North Atlantic Ocean October 1, 2023. The endcap was recently recovered from the seafloor and successfully transferred to a US port for analysis. —AFP/US Department of Defense/USCG Chief Warrant Officer Melissa Leake

WASHINGTON: More debris and suspected human remains have been recovered from a privately owned submersible which failed catastrophically in June while on a mission to the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said.

All five people on board the recreational sub, named Titan and operated by US-based company OceanGate, were killed when the vessel imploded, which is believed to have occurred during its June 18 descent.