Titan sub tragedy: US Coast Guard ‘taking all precautions’ in case bodies found
- Salvage operations in the North Atlantic sea are ongoing, and investigators have mapped the accident site
- Undersea implosion of tourist submersible killed all five people aboard while diving to the Titanic wreck last week
Investigators looking into the implosion of the Titan submersible are “taking all precautions” in case they find bodies on the sea floor, it has emerged.
Captain Jason Neubauer, who is chairing the US Coast Guard investigation into the implosion of the vessel, made the comments as the search and rescue aspects of the response came to an end.
British adventurer Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood were killed on board the submersible, alongside the American chief executive of the company responsible for the vessel, Stockton Rush, and French national Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
Salvage operations are continuing and investigators have mapped the accident site, Neubauer told a press conference in Boston.
He also said the convening of a Marine Board of Investigation is the highest level of investigation conducted by the US Coast Guard. It is unclear how long it will take.