Canada and US involved: Titan submarine disaster to be investigated

In a statement from the US National Transportation Safety Agency, the “catastrophic” explosion of the Titan submarine was described as a “major maritime disaster.”

In the statement, it was indicated that the US Coast Guard will launch an investigation into the explosion of the submarine.

The National Transportation Safety Agency (TSB) of Canada also announced that an investigation will be launched into the actions of the ship “Polar Prince”, which carried the Titan from the Canadian region of Newfoundland to the site of the wreck of the Titanic in the Ocean. Atlantic.

The TSB stated that the investigation decision was “in line with the Canada Transport Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act and international agreements.”

One of the underwater vehicles used for tourist purposes to display the remains of the Titanic, which crashed into the iceberg and killed 1,514 people, disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean on June 19.

The communication of the Titan submarine, which started with an oxygen supply of approximately 96 hours and an expected travel time of 2.5 hours, was cut off 1 hour and 45 minutes after the dive with the ship “Polar Prince”. Underwater, where GPS did not work, the sub was guided by messages from the ship on the surface.

US Coast Guard officials said that on June 22, the Titan submarine exploded to pieces in a “catastrophic” manner.

They were British billionaire Hamish Harding, owner of Action Aviation, which provides aviation services on the submarine, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Davud and his son Süleyman Davud, founder and CEO of OceanGate, owner of the Stockton Rush submarine, and French submarine pilot Paul Henry Nargeolet. (AA)