Coast Guard launches high-level investigation into implosion of Titanic exploration submersible

Left: Capt. Jason Neubauer, chief investigator, U.S. Coast Guard, speaks during a news conference, Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Boston, in Boston. The U.S. Coast Guard said it is leading an investigation into the loss of the Titan submersible that was carrying five people to the Titanic, to determine what caused it to implode (AP Photo/Steven Senne). Right: Image of OceanGate Titan submersible via OceanGate.

The U.S. Coast Guard has launched an investigation into what officials have deemed the “catastrophic implosion” of a private underwater vessel that was destroyed as it traveled toward the wreckage of the Titanic, killing all five people on board.

The Coast Guard announced the investigation Sunday.

“The Coast Guard convened a Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) into the loss of the Titan submersible and the five people on board,” the Coast Guard said in a press release. As the statement recounts, the crew of the OceanGate submersible’s support ship, the Polar Prince, lost contact with the Titan around one hour and 45 minutes after it started its journey on Sunday, June 18. An extensive search and rescue effort followed, with reports of “underwater noises” bringing renewed hope to the effort on Wednesday, June 21, but on Thursday, June 22, Coast Guard officials made the grim announcement that all five lives had been lost.

“[W]reckage of the Titan submersible was located on the ocean floor approximately 500 meters off the bow of the Titanic,” the Coast Guard’s announcement says.

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