“Lots of emotions.” A week after the discovery of the remains of the missing Titan small tourist submarine with five people on board in the North Atlantic near the wreckage of the Titanic, the director of the company Pelagic Research Services, which was mobilized for the investigation, described the long days . of effort from his teams.
The privately operated Titan had submerged on June 18 to view the Titanic wreckage and was due to resurface seven hours later, but contact was lost less than two hours after departure.
A large rescue operation was then launched to try to save the passengers of the ship, which was supposed to have air reserves for about four days, to finally discover that the submersible, shortly after its dive, had been struck by a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone. five men instantly.
Des débris du Titan, back sur le fond marin à quelque 500 mètres de l’épave du Titanic et à une profondeur de pres de 4000 mètres, ont été ramenés sur terre mercredi, à Saint-Jean de Terre-Neuve, dans l’est from Canada.
A “crazy” rescue plan
At first, Ed Cassano of Pelagic Research Services reminded the press that he was “focused on rescuing” the people on board. A remote-controlled vehicle, suitable for deep water, was then deployed.
“Our rescue plan was, immediately after finding Titan, to hold on to it as quickly as possible and start its recovery. It was crazy,” he said.
But the hopes of rescue did not last long because, 1h30 after its launch, Odysseus 6K discovered debris.
“Shortly after reaching the bottom of the sea, we discovered the remains of the Titan submarine (…) The rescue turned into recovery,” said Ed Cassano, with tears in his eyes, recalling that his teams had received the news with “great emotion ”. .
On Wednesday, the US Coast Guard announced that “presumptive human remains” were discovered in the wreckage of the submarine. These remains, “carefully collected from the rubble at the crash site,” will be analyzed, as well as the debris from the found ship, which should provide “crucial elements to understand the cause of this tragedy,” said Captain Jason Neubauer, who is leading the Coast Guard investigation into the tragedy.
Source: BFM TV
