Photos of the debris recovered from the wreckage may explain what caused the submersible to suffer a "catastrophic implosion" as it descended to view the Titanic wreck. y Us Coast Guard/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
There's a lot of emotions, people are tired," he said.Īn aerial view of Deep Energy. "I have to apologize, we are still demobilizing. "Shortly after we arrived on the seafloor, we discovered the debris of the Titan submersible," Cassano said.Ĭassano appeared to hold back tears at one point while discussing the operation. He added that the initial preparations had been for a rescue operation, and he detailed how they planned to "integrate" Deep Energy's lifting line with Odysseus 6K's lifting capabilities.īut he said it soon became clear that the passengers could not have survived the journey, adding that "by 12 o'clock, sadly, a rescue turned into a recovery." "We pushed some things, and everybody pushed some things on this response," he said. The debris was uncovered near the ship's wreckage, about 13,000 feet beneath the surface in the North Atlantic One was holding at its depth limit of 8,860 feet, while the other had been lost after attempting to send it to the seafloor, Cassano said. Pelagic's ship was stationed around 250 feet away from Deep Energy, a Bahamian-flagged ship with two ROVs onboard. The head of the team that discovered the wreckage of the Titan submersible told a press conference that another ship's remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was lost during the search as it was "beyond their depth capability," adding that this showed the "scope of the effort" that went into the recovery.Įd Cassano, the CEO of Pelagic Research Services, said his team was part of a fleet of ships involved in the rescue search but that its ROV, Odysseus 6K, was identified as the primary asset to carry out the rescue. His company's remotely operated vehicle, Odysseus 6K, found the wreckage of the Titan.Ĭassano said that another ROV was lost as it was "beyond their depth capability." Ed Cassano headed the team that recovered the wreckage of the Titan sub.
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