Possible human remains found from Titanic submersible debris

The U.S. Coast Guard said that on Wednesday, debris from the tourist submersible shattered into pieces in the undersea implosion that killed all five passengers aboard was collected from the ocean floor and transported to land in Canada.

The Canadian-flagged vessel Horizon Arctic transported the potential remains and fragments of the submersible Titan, which was smashed while diving into the century-old Titanic wreck, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, which is located about 400 miles (650 km) north of the catastrophe site.

Medical experts from the United States will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains

A marine board of investigation, which the Coast Guard organized this week to undertake a formal probe into the loss of the Titan, will analyze and test the material by shipping it to a U.S. port, the agency said.

Medical experts from the United States “will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident,” according to the Coast Guard statement.

There was no information provided regarding the possible remains recovered from the site.

On Wednesday morning, footage from the Canadian Broadcast Corp. showed what seemed to be the submersible’s nose and other broken pieces being hoisted by a crane from the deck of the Horizon Arctic.

The Titan, a 22-foot sailboat carrying five passengers on a trip to the Titanic site in the North Atlantic, was destroyed earlier this month. Examination of the debris is expected to reveal more information about what caused the devastating implosion.

The voyage data recorder of Titan’s Canadian-flagged surface support vessel Polar Prince has been seized, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), conducting its own investigation.

Before delivering the materials found from the accident scene to American authorities, the TSB added that it had “inspected, documented, and cataloged” all of them.