Marine safety engineers with the Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) recovered and transferred remaining Titan submersible debris and evidence from the North Atlantic Ocean seafloor, October 4. Additional presumed human remains were among the evidence recovered. They have been transported for analysis by U.S. medical professionals.
Previously, presumed human remains had been among evidence received by the Coast Guard on June 28.
Investigations thus far indicate that the Titan...
The Coast Guard is examining all Subchapter T vessels following September’s fatal dive boat fire in California, an officer told a congressional hearing last week.
Rear Adm. Richard Timme, Coast Guard assistant commandant for prevention policy, said he created a task force to inspect the vessels and suggest any needed safety changes. “That includes relooking at the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) recommendations,” he said. Timme testified Nov. 14 before the House Transportation and...
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The Coast Guard announced today that it has convened a formal Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) to investigate the loss of the small passenger vessel Conception.
Coast Guard assistant commandant for prevention policy, Rear Adm. Richard Timme, made the announcement.
The 75’x25’ wooden hulled Conception caught fire and sank in the early morning hours of Sept. 2, 2019, just off Santa Cruz Island in California. Only five of the 39 people onboard survived.
A commandant-directed formal MBI is the...