US Coast Guard ‘taking all precautions’ in case it finds our bodies in Titan search
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nvestigators wanting into the implosion of the Titan submersible are “taking all precautions” in case they discover our bodies on the ocean ground, it has emerged.
Captain Jason Neubauer, who’s chairing the US Coast Guard investigation into the implosion of the vessel, made the feedback because the search and rescue points of the response got here to an finish.
British adventurer Hamish Harding and father and son Shahzada and Suleman Dawood had been killed on board the submersible, alongside the American chief govt of the corporate answerable for the vessel, Stockton Rush, and French nationwide Paul-Henri Nargeolet.
Salvage operations are persevering with and investigators have mapped the accident web site, Cpt Neubauer instructed a press convention in Boston.
He additionally stated the convening of a Marine Board of Investigation is the very best degree of investigation carried out by the US Coast Guard. It is unclear how lengthy it’s going to take.
The US Coast Guard stated it doesn’t cost for search and rescue operations.
Investigators are working “in close co-ordination” with the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch in addition to the US National Transportation Safety Board, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the French Marine Casualties Investigation Board.
Cpt Neubauer instructed reporters: “I’m not getting into the details of the recovery operations but we are taking all precautions on site if we are to encounter any human remains.
“At this time a priority of the investigation is to recover items from the sea floor.
“We have already mapped the accident site in the field so the other factors would be part of the investigation.”
Concerns over the protection of the vessel have emerged because the tragedy.
Earlier this week emails from Mr Rush emerged which dismissed security considerations over the deep-sea vessel.
The exchanges with deep-sea exploration specialist Rob McCallum, reported by the BBC, present the corporate’s chief govt say he was “tired of industry players who try to use a safety argument to stop innovation”.
Mr McCallum instructed Mr Rush he was “mirroring that famous cry” of the Titanic’s builders: “She is unsinkable.”
Cpt Neubauer stated the investigation might result in harder laws.
He instructed reporters: “It’s an opportunity to learn from the incident and then work with our international partners worldwide to… improve regulations or international safety standards so that they have improved oversight over these operations and to prevent a similar occurrence.”
On Saturday, Canadian police stated they had been wanting into the circumstances of the implosion.
Superintendent Kent Osmond, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), stated a workforce of investigators had been established with the “sole purpose” of figuring out whether or not a felony investigation could be warranted.
The officer stated interviews befell with individuals on board Titan’s essential help ship, the Polar Prince, on Saturday as a part of the investigation.
The ship returned to St John’s Harbour in Newfoundland on Saturday morning and security investigators made inquiries on board.
Confirming preliminary inquiries had been being made, Mr Osmond instructed reporters: “Today, the RCMP initiated an examination of the circumstances that led to the deaths of the five individuals on board the submersible.
“A team of investigators has been established with the sole purpose of answering the question of whether or not a full investigation by the RCMP is warranted.
“Such an investigation will proceed only if our examination of the circumstances indicate criminal, federal or provincial laws may possibly have been broken.
“Once a determination has been made as to whether or not a full investigation will be launched, we will provide an update at that time.”
Asked whether or not the power had any suspicion of felony exercise, he replied: “There is no suspicion of criminal activity per se, but the RCMP is taking initial steps to assess whether or not we will go down that road.”
Before police introduced they might be making inquiries, security investigators stated relations of those that died had been on board Titan’s essential help ship.