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Presumed Human Remains Found in Titan Sub Wreckage

Human remains are believed to have been found in wreckage of the Titan submersible, the US Coast Guard has announced.

2023-06-29 19:00:00 - BBC News

Pieces of the sub, which imploded while on a deep dive to the Titanic, have been recovered from the seabed.


Coast Guard officials say the wreckage includes the sub's landing frame and a rear cover .


US medical professionals are to conduct a formal analysis of what is believed to be human remains. 


All five people on board the vessel died on 18 June after it imploded about 90 minutes into a dive to view the 1912 shipwreck, which lies at a depth of 3,800m in the north Atlantic.


Those on board were 61-year-old Stockton Rush; British explorer Hamish Harding, 58; Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son, Suleman Dawood, 19; and French diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet who was 77.


Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jonathan Amos. 

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