US Coast Guard opens investigation

The US Coast Guard announced on Sunday June 25 that it had opened an investigation to determine the causes of the submersible’s implosion. Titanwhose five passengers died during a dive to the wreckage of the titanic. “My main objective is to prevent a similar event by making the necessary recommendations to improve the safety of the maritime sector worldwide”said the chief investigator of the Coast Guard, during a press conference in Boston.

An initial collection of evidence is underway, including “debris at incident site”, he specified. The American investigation may also issue, “if necessary”an opinion about possible legal proceedings.

THE Titan, about 6.5 meters long, had plunged on June 18 and was expected to resurface seven hours later. But contact was lost less than two hours after he left. Its five passengers died in the“catastrophic implosion” of the craft, the coast guard announced on Thursday. Several pieces of debris were found in the Atlantic Ocean, 500 meters from the Titanic and at a depth of nearly 4,000 meters. Another investigation was opened by Canada, which participated in the search to find the submersible.