- The US Coast Guard said "presumed" human remains were collected from Titan submersible wreckage.
- The evidence will be transported to the US for further analysis, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
The US Coast Guard announced on Wednesday that it had collected and would analyze debris and potential human remains from the Titan submersible.
In a press release, the US Coast Guard said that it had received debris and remains from the seafloor site where pieces of the Titan submersible ended up after the vessel experienced a catastrophic implosion. The evidence will be transported for analysis, per the press release.
"United States medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed human remains that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident," the Coast Guard said in the statement.
On June 23, the Coast Guard announced the death of five tourists aboard the deep-sea OceanGate Titan submersible, which was headed for the Titanic shipwreck.
Last week, the Coast Guard said the submersible appeared to have imploded because of a "catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber."
An implosion would have lasted only milliseconds, according to the Journal of Physics: Conference Series, likely killing all the passengers instantly.
Rescue officials said that contact was lost with the vessel around one hour and 45 minutes after it launched. As the search for the vessel intensified, red flags about OceanGate and the structural integrity its vessels, were brought to light.
Passengers on board included the vessel company's founder and pilot, Stockton Rush, a British Billionaire, a French Titanic expert known as "Mr. Titanic," and one of Pakistan's wealthiest businessmen along with his teenage son.