The U.S. Coast Guard will lead an investigation into the catastrophic implosion of the Titan submersible, which broke apart with five aboard and sank to the ocean floor during a dive to the Titanic earlier this week.
All five passengers and crew were presumed dead Thursday soon after a crew guiding a remotely operated vehicle spotted the Titan's wreckage about 500 metres from the Titanic's bow, almost four kilometres below the surface of the North Atlantic.
Marc Isaacs, a maritime lawyer in Toronto, said the independent Transportation Safety Board of Canada could also claim jurisdiction over an investigation, given that Titan's mother ship, the Polar Prince, is registered under the Canadian flag. Meanwhile, the U.S. navy confirmed Thursday its acoustic sensors detected "an anomaly consistent with an implosion" in the deep area of the ocean where the doomed submersible was operating Sunday, several hours before it was reported missing.
The navy official said the finding was not definitive, adding that the information was considered with acoustic data provided by other partners in the search for the Titan, which was led by the U.S. Coast Guard. The official said the decision was made to continue with the search-and-rescue mission and "make every effort to save the lives on board."
In response, OceanGate explained on its website that Titan was not classed because the process could inhibit innovation.In Halifax, a Canadian military official confirmed Friday that the Canadian Coast Guard vessel John Cabot would remain in the search area to help with the recovery operation, though no details were released.
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