Ship returns to St. John’s with pieces of Titan wreckage on board | 24CA News
A blue ship minimize by a blanket of gray fog on Wednesday morning, navigating between the steep cliffs on the entrance to St. John’s harbour with treasured cargo on board.
The Horizon Arctic returned to port carrying the shattered items of the Titan submersible, 10 days after it went lacking off the coast of Newfoundland with 5 souls on board.
The ship was carrying the Odysseus, a remote-operated car that introduced the rescue mission to an finish when it noticed particles on the ocean flooring some 200 metres away from the hull of the Titanic.
“Our team has successfully completed off-shore operations, but is still on mission and will be in the process of demobilization from the Horizon Arctic this morning,” mentioned a spokesperson from Pelagic Research, the Boston firm that owns the Odysseus ROV.
“They have been working around the clock now for 10 days, through the physical and mental challenges of this operation, and are anxious to finish the mission and return to their loved ones.”
Minutes after the ship docked on the south aspect the the harbour, groups of investigators boarded the Horizon Arctic to start their work.
Transportation security boards from the United States and Canada, in addition to the U.S. coast guard and RCMP at the moment are probing the incident. U.S. coast guard officers advised the media the primary stage of their investigation might be analyzing the remnants of the submersible.
