Canada authorities have opened an investigation into the crash of the “Titan” submarine near the wreckage of the “Titanic” in the Atlantic Ocean, with five people on board.
On Saturday, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada President Kathy Fox said their job is to find out what happened and why and to determine what can be changed to reduce the chances or risk of such events occurring in the future.
The Canadian-flagged Polar Price cargo ship set off from St. John's last weekend with Transportation Safety Board investigators on board to return Titan to its launch point in the North Atlantic.
The council periodically investigates accidents in air, trains, sea, and power pipelines with the aim of improving transport safety. It does not usually hold any parties liable and does not limit civil or criminal liability.
Last Thursday, the US Coast Guard reported that all five people on board the submarine had died after it was subjected to a "catastrophic explosion."
The wreckage was found at the bottom of the sea, 500 meters from the wreckage of the Titanic.
Meanwhile, the RCMP is working to determine if any criminal laws were broken in the chain of events that led to the deaths of the five people.
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