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NEW UPDATE ON TITANIC SUB: HUMAN REMAINS FOUND AND INVESTIGATED

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(Photo credits: Independent.co.uk) Pelagic Research Services, the company serving   as the primary in the Titan submersible rescue operation revealed details of the recovery mission in a press conference on Friday. CEO Edward Cassano said his company’s remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) arrived on the scene being one of the only machines that could reach the depths of the Titanic wreckage. Mr Cassano held back tears as he described that just hours after arriving, Pelagic Research Services found debris from the OceanGate Expeditions’ imploded sub. “Recognise the seriousness of the event and respect the death and range of emotions,” Mr Cassano said. Five people were killed in the sub , OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French diving expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood. It comes as “ presumed human remains” have been discovered near the wreck of the Titan submarine , the US Coast Guard an

CANADA SAFETY REGULATORS PROBE INTO TITAN SUBMERSIBLE DREADED LOSS

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(photo credits: reuters) June 23 (Reuters) - Canadian safety officials on Friday opened an investigation into the undersea implosion of a tourist submersible that killed all five people aboard while diving to the century-old wreck of the Titanic, raising questions about the unregulated nature of such expeditions. A debris field from the submersible Titan was found at the bottom of the North Atlantic on Thursday by a robotic diving vehicle deployed from a Canadian search vessel, ending an intense five-day international rescue effort. Fragments of Titan, which lost contact with its surface support ship about one hour and 45 minutes into a two-hour descent on Sunday, littered the seabed about 1,600 feet (488 meters) from the bow of the Titanic wreck, about 2-1/2 miles (4 km) below the surface, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said. He told reporters on Thursday the debris was consistent with "a catastrophic implosion of the vehicle," meaning the 22-foot-long vessel ult