Pelagic Research Services tweeted this image of Horizon Arctic returning to St. John’s: USCG says proof recovered from Titan wreck web site consists of “presumed human remains” [Image: Pelagic Research Services]
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has obtained particles and proof recovered from the seafloor on the web site of the Titan wreck when the M/V Horizon Arctic arrived in St. John’s Newfoundland, June 28, 2023.
Ending a number of hypothesis on the destiny of the 5 on board the Titan, the Coast Guard stated:
“United States medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident.”
After session with worldwide companion investigative companies, the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to move the proof aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter to a port within the United States the place the MBI will be capable to facilitate additional evaluation and testing.
“I am grateful for the coordinated international and interagency support to recover and preserve this vital evidence at extreme offshore distances and depths,” stated MBI Chair Captain Jason Neubauer. “The evidence will provide investigators from several international jurisdictions with critical insights into the cause of this tragedy. There is still a substantial amount of work to be done to understand the factors that led to the catastrophic loss of the Titan and help ensure a similar tragedy does not occur again.”
The MBI will proceed proof assortment and witness interviews to tell a public listening to relating to this tragedy.
The Horizon Maritime offshore service vessel Horizon Arctic which introduced the recovered materials again is the previous Bourbon Offshore AHTS Bourbon Arctic. Delivered by Vard Braatvag in 2016, it was used to deploy the 6,000 meter depth rated Pelagic Research Services ROV Odysseus 6K to the wreck web site the place, on its first dive, it situated the particles subject first referenced by the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday, July 22.
Subsequently, the ROV, which has heavy-lift capabilities, was used to get well the items of the Titan which have now been landed at St. John’s.
TSB CANADA EXAMINING VOYAGE DATA RECORDER
As the U.S. Coast Guard continues its investigation of the proof collected from the Horizon Arctic, the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) says that its investigators have completed gathering related paperwork and accomplished the preliminary interviews with these on board the Titan‘s support vessel, Horizon Maritime’s Polar Prince. The investigation staff has taken possession of the vessel’s voyage information recorder, which has been despatched to the TSB Engineering Laboratory in Ottawa for additional evaluation.
The TSB has additionally inspected, documented, and catalogued the supplies from the Titan collected by the Horizon Arctic for its security investigation.
In the following weeks, the TSB investigation staff will assessment the knowledge gathered to this point and assess the incidence in accordance with the TSB Policy on Occurrence Classification. The staff may also observe as much as collect further data as required.
The TSB says the aim of its safety-focused, unbiased investigation is to seek out all causal and contributing elements in an accident, with out attributing blame or civil or legal legal responsibility. This permits the main focus to be positioned on addressing security deficiencies and on stopping comparable accidents from taking place once more.
The TSB acknowledged the cooperation and logistical assist it has obtained from the Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and says that it’ll proceed to cooperate with the United States, United Kingdom, and France in accordance with worldwide agreements, as they’re “substantially interested states” below the International Maritime Organization Casualty Investigation Code.
