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Trenton, Canada
While the United States announced on Friday it would investigate the loss of Titan, Canada also said it would investigate the actions of the Canadian ship Polar Prince, which towed the submarine to the Titanic site in the Atlantic Ocean.
The US National Transportation Safety Board declared the destruction of Titan a “major maritime casualty” and said on Friday that the US Coast Guard would conduct an investigation into the loss of the submarine.
Meanwhile, the Transport Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said it will launch an investigation into the actions of the Polar Prince support ship, which towed Titan from Newfoundland to the site of the Titanic wreck in the Atlantic Ocean.
The TSB said its action was “in line with the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act and international agreements.”
“In the coming days, we will coordinate our activities with other relevant institutions,” the statement said. “This is all the information currently available. Updates will be provided as the investigation progresses.”
The Polar Prince is a Newfoundland ship owned by the Miawpukek First Nation.
The ship joined other ships in search of Titan. She also carried some family members of the five people who died in the explosion of the submarine, she.
Miawpukek Chief Mi’sel Joe told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Friday that the investigation will be upsetting for the Polar Prince team.
“It will be difficult for the crew,” he said. “They look after the ship, they take care of themselves and the family on board. My heart is with them. For all of them. It’s a loss of life and it’s never easy. family.”
The Polar Prince lost contact with Titan early Sunday, about 90 minutes after it began pulling the diver towards the Titanic, 700 kilometers (435 miles) off the coast of Newfoundland.
A remote-controlled vehicle found the tail cone of the Titan submersible on the seafloor about 1,600 feet (488 meters) from the Titanic’s bow.
A U.S. Coast Guard official said the additional debris discovered near the site was “consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.”
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