Presumed human remains found in Titan sub wreckage: US Coast Guard

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ The US Coast Guard has announced that “presumed human remains” were among the debris and evidence recovered from the seafloor where the wreckage of the doomed Titan submersible was found following the vessel’s “catastrophic implosion”.

In an official statement on Wednesday, the Coast Guard said that it “received debris and evidence recovered from the seafloor at the site of the Titan submersible when the M/V Horizon Arctic (an anchor handling vessel) arrived in St. John’s, Newfoundland” earlier in the day.

“After consultation with international partner investigative agencies, the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to transport the evidence aboard a Coast Guard cutter to a port in the US where the MBI will be able to facilitate further analysis and testing,” the statement said.

The Coast Guard went on to say that American medical professionals will conduct “a formal analysis of the presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident”.

“I am grateful for the coordinated international and interagency support to recover and preserve this vital evidence at extreme offshore distances and depths,” MBI Chair Captain Jason Neubauer said in the statement.