RCMP to investigate deaths aboard Titan sub, TSB reviewing logs
As well, TSB officials said they will be collaborating with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.Kathy Fox, Chair of the Transportation Safety Board, spoke about the investigation into the loss of Titan on Saturday.
He says this case is a unique circumstance due not only to the nature of the incident, but the number of jurisdictions involved. He says their interviews have already begin, but it is too early to tell how long such preliminary work will continue. They say the voyage data recorder keeps a record of all audio from the bridge, and they will be reviewing those logs.
The docking apparatus used to transport the Titan submersible out to the Titanic wreck site arrives back in St. John's, empty.The Polar Prince, the Miawpukek Horizon ship which towed the Oceangate submersible Titan out to sea before her final dive, returned to St. John's harbour Saturday morning. This kickstarted a multi-day international search effort, which culminated on Thursday when the US Coast Guard announced that a debris field was found near the Titanic. They said the debris was consistent with a catastrophic loss of pressure on the submersible and declared the five men aboard as presumed dead.
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