The remaining debris from the Titan submersible that imploded while on its way to the Titanic wreckage has been recovered, including presumed human remains, according to the US Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard shared on Tuesday that the evidence was recovered from the North Atlantic Ocean seafloor last week by marine safety engineers from the Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation.
In a press release, the Coast Guard shared that the evidence was “successfully transferred to a US port for cataloging and analysis.”
“Additional presumed human remains were carefully recovered from within Titan’s debris and transported for analysis by US medical professionals,” the release says.
All five passengers on board the submersible, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush; businessman Hamish Harding; diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet; billionaire Shahzada Dawood; and Dawood’s 19-year-old son, Suleman Dawood, were killed on their way to the Titanic wreckage.
The vessel made it 1 hour and 45 minutes into its dive when it imploded and lost contact with its mother ship, sparking an international rescue mission.
The salvage mission was a follow-up to the Coast Guard’s initial recovery operations after the submersible imploded.
The Marine Board of Investigation said it is coordinating with the National Transportation Safety Board and other international investigators to schedule a “joint evidence review” of the debris.
The board plans on moving forward with its investigation now that it can analyze evidence. This will occur “ahead of a public hearing regarding this tragedy,” it said.