Titan Submersible: 'Presumed Human Remains' Recovered, U.S. Coastguard Announces

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U.S. Coast Guard announced that crews recovered the remains while searching through the wreckage. Per a news release from the Coast Guard, medical professionals will conduct a «formal analysis» of the «presumed human remains» that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident.

Additionally, the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to transport the evidence aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter to a port in the United States, where the MBI will be able to facilitate further analysis and testing.While an investigation is ongoing, MBI Chair Captain Jason Neubauer says the evidence uncovered from the submersible's wreck will «provide investigators from several international jurisdictions with critical insights into the cause of this tragedy.»The statement continued, «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 continue evidence collection as well as witness interviews as they search for answers in the unthinkable tragedy.

OceanGate Expeditions CEO Stockton Rush, Pakistani-born businessman Shahzada Danwood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman, British billionaire Hamish Harding and veteran Titanic explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet were among passengers on the Titan submersible's voyage on June 18.The harrowing incident occurred after Titan took the five-person crew on a dive to explore the wreckage site of the Titanic but quickly went missing.

The crew included an operator and four „mission specialists“ — a term used by OceanGate Expeditions for its passengers, who each paid $250,000 per seat for the experience.