US Coast Guard says ‘presumed human remains’ have been found in wreckage of Titan sub recovered from 12,500ft below the Atlantic surface after ‘catastrophic implosion’ killed Titanic Five
- Human remains have been discovered in the wreckage of the Titan submersible
- The remains will now be transported aboard a ship to a port in the US, where they will undergo testing and analysis
- The finding shocked experts, after a coroner said she believed it was unlikely officials would ever find the remains of those on board
Human remains have been found in the wreckage of the Titan submersible on Wednesday, the US Coast Guard announced.
Several identifiable parts of the ship were lifted ashore on Wednesday afternoon, including the sub’s nose and a large panel which appears to be from its tail end.
Amid those recovered pieces, Coast Guard officials said they discovered human remains, which will now be transported aboard a ship to a port in the United States where they will undergo testing and analysis.
The discoveries surprised experts who suspected Titan was destroyed when it suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ with five people on board during a journey to the wreckage of the Titanic.
In fact, earlier on Wednesday a coroner told DailyMail.com she believed the remains of those onboard — including British billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood — would likely never be recovered.
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Human remains have reportedly been found in the wreckage of the Titan submersible
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who designed the submersible, was onboard
Also onboard the ship when it imploded were British billionaire Hamish Harding and French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet
Father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood (pictured) also took the fateful tour to the Titanic wreckage
Officials said Wednesday the remains were ‘carefully removed within the wreckage’ that was recovered earlier in the day.
‘I am grateful for the coordinated international and interagency support to recover and preserve this vital evidence at extreme offshore distances and depths,’ Marine Board of Investigation Capt. Jason Neubauer said in a statement.
He added that the discovery will help investigators ascertain what happened to the ship, which departed from the shores of Newfoundland, Canada earlier this month.
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