Canadian authorities launched Saturday an investigation into the implosion of the Titan submersible that killed the 5 males aboard.
“Our mandate is to find out what happened and why and to find out what needs to change to reduce the chance or the risk of such occurrences in the future,” stated Transportation Safety Board (TSB) chair Kathy Fox.
“We know everybody wants answers, particularly the families and the public,” she advised reporters in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
The full probe may take between 18 months to 2 years.
TSB investigators on Saturday boarded the Canadian-flagged Polar Price cargo ship, which had set sail from St. John’s final weekend to convey the ill-fated Titan to its launch level within the North Atlantic.
The Transportation Safety Board routinely probes air, rail, marine and pipeline accidents with the intention of enhancing transportation security. It doesn’t assign fault or decide civil or prison legal responsibility.
The U.S. Coast Guard stated Thursday that each one 5 individuals aboard the submersible had died after the vessel suffered a “catastrophic implosion.”
A particles area was discovered on the seafloor, 500 meters (1,600 toes) from the bow of the Titanic.
Meanwhile, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was trying into whether or not any prison legal guidelines had been damaged within the chain of occasions that led to the deaths of the Titan adventurers.
The investigators’ job is to find out “whether or not a full investigation by the RCMP is warranted,” stated Newfoundland and Labrador Superintendent Kent Osmond.
“Such an investigation will proceed only if our examination of circumstances indicate criminal federal or provincial laws may possibly have been broken.”
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