
Kohnen explained that when it comes to Coast Guard regulations, OceanGate likely couldn’t have performed the expedition anywhere other than U.S. It’s just how do you get someone to hear it and pay attention when they figure they can do it better and faster?” “They talked to everyone in this stream and everyone was saying the same thing.

The news of the TSB investigation comes after the U.S. The TSB is specifically looking to identify what happened while the Titan was submerged, why the implosion occurred and what can be done to reduce the risk of it happening in the future. “The specifics and the expertise that went into the vessel, the voyage, all that needs to be understood by us so it’s all a very unique circumstance.”īoth the RCMP and TSB announced their investigations Saturday, but the scopes for each are different. “I’ve been doing police work for 33 years and this is a very unique circumstance,” Osmond said. However, Osmond said there was no suspicion of criminal activity so far. Kent Osmond said in a press conference Saturday that any proof of criminal activity in the force’s investigation would determine whether a “full investigation” would be warranted. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has also launched an investigation into the events leading up to the tragedy around the Titan.

41 people were on the ship in total when the expedition first began. TSB chair Kathy Fox confirmed in a press conference Saturday that family members of the the five passengers aboard the Titan were on the Polar Prince, along with members of the support team. TSB investigators boarded the Polar Prince after returning to port. Coast Guard confirmed it found debris belonging to OceanGate Expedition’s Titan near the famous ocean liner at the bottom of the North Atlantic.

All hopes for a positive outcome vanished Thursday when the U.S. It suddenly lost communication with the ship an hour and 45 minutes into its descent, kicking off what would be a frantic five-day search for the lost vessel. Titan was on an expedition to explore Titanic, and was brought to sea Sunday, June 18 by the Canadian vessel Polar Prince. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has officially commenced interviews of passengers on the Polar Prince following the vessel’s return to St John’s, Newfoundland on Saturday, as part of the Board’s investigation of the implosion of the Titan submersible.
