Planes and vessels from several countries, including the U.S., focused on the search area approximately 900 nautical miles from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for days before the debris field was located.Īfter the Coast Guard revealed the sub had imploded, a U.S. A salvaged piece of the Titan submersible from OceanGate Expeditions is seen being offloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship in St. The Titan lost contact with a Canadian research vessel June 18 about an hour and 45 minutes into its dive to the wreckage of the famed ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. The discovery of the debris followed a massive search effort for the sub. to prevent a similar occurrence,' Neubauer told reporters Sunday. 'It's an opportunity to learn from the incident and then work with our international partners worldwide. Pieces of debris from the doomed sub that carried five people to the wreckage of the Titanic have been pulled from the ocean and returned to land. 'They have been working around the clock now for ten days, through the physical and mental challenges of this operation, and are anxious to finish the mission and return to their loved ones,' the company said in a statement on social media. On Wednesday, the company announced workers had completed 'off-shore operations.' The debris field was found last Thursday by a deep-sea robot, also known as a remotely operated vehicle or ROV, from Pelagic Research Services, according to the company. Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian coast guard pier in St. Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, his 19-year-old son Suleman, billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush were on the sub and died in the disaster.

The Coast Guard said the debris was 'consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.'

The emergence of images of the Titan comes about a week after the Coast Guard announced an underwater robot had discovered debris from the sub about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic.

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