Titan submersible mothership which dropped five men on doomed Titanic expedition returns to shore
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Titan submersible's mothership returned to shore on the town of St John's on Newfoundland Island on Saturday (June 24). Rescue ships also made their return, bearing the weight of the loss of five men onboard OceanGate's submersible.
As soon as MV Polar Prince arrived - the mothership that towed the doomed underwater vehicle into the Atlantic Ocean before its “catastrophic implosion”- it was boarded at 8am ET by a team of US and Canadian federal investigators.
They are now set to determine how the implosion took place. A coastguard source told the Sunday Mirror: “None of the crew was allowed to disembark until all had been interviewed by investigators.
Both US and Canadian governments are taking the death of the five men extremely seriously and want to know every detail about how they came to die. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link "Canada’s Transportation Safety Board and the US National Transportation Safety Board have both sent investigators to the Polar Prince.” The ship's return came as criticism continued to mount about the safety of the Titan as experts and past passengers - who paid up to £195,000 a ticket - continued to question the sub’s owners and the vessel's safety.
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