Mothership of Doomed Titan Submersible returns to port in Newfoundland
ST. JOHN’S, NL — The Canadian ship that launched the doomed Titan submarine into the depths of the North Atlantic on Sunday has returned to port in Newfoundland.
The Polar Prince stopped next to the Canadian Coast Guard building in St. John’s this morning after traveling about 700 kilometers from the site of a massive international search for the Titan.
The Titan lost contact with the Polar Prince about an hour and 45 minutes after its descent to the wreckage of the Titanic, nearly four kilometers below the sea’s surface.
All five passengers and crew were presumed dead on Thursday, shortly after a team escorting a remote-controlled vehicle spotted the Titan’s wreckage about 500 meters from the bow of the sunken luxury liner.
The Titan was owned by Washington-based company OceanGate Expeditions, and its chief executive officer Stockton Rush was among those killed when the craft imploded and burst apart.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has said it is launching an investigation into what happened, noting that the Polar Prince is a Canadian-flagged vessel.
The ship is owned by the Miawpukek First Nation of southern Newfoundland.
The US Coast Guard will also lead an investigation into the Titan’s catastrophic implosion.
