The
announcement comes a day after Canada's Transportation Safety
Board said it was conducting its own investigation into the
implosion of the Titan, which has raised questions about the
unregulated nature of such expeditions.
"My primary goal is to prevent a similar occurrence by making
the necessary recommendations to enhance the safety of the
maritime domain worldwide," Captain Jason Neubauer, the Coast
Guard's chief investigator, said at a press conference in
Boston.
The Coast Guard opened what it calls a marine board
investigation on Friday, Neubauer said, and is working with the
FBI to recover evidence, including a salvage operation at the
debris site on the seabed about 1,600 feet (488 meters) from the
bow of the Titanic wreck, about 2-1/2 miles (4 km) below the
surface.
The findings will be shared with the International Maritime
Organization and other groups "to help improve the safety
framework for submersible operations worldwide," Neubauer said.
He said the Coast Guard is in touch with the families of the
five people killed, and that investigators are "taking all
precautions on site if we are to encounter any human remains."
(Reporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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