Authorities from the US and Canada have begun investigating the cause of the fatal 'Titan' submersible implosion. LaurenTomasi 9News MORE:
and grappled with questions of who was responsible for determining how the tragedy unfolded.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also announced Saturday it had initiated an examination of the circumstances that led to the Titan deaths to decide whether a full investigation is warranted. That full probe will only take place if it appears criminal, federal or provincial law may have been broken, officials said.
OceanGate is based in Everett, Washington, but closed when the Titan was found. Meanwhile, the Titan's mother ship, the Polar Prince, was from Canada, and those killed were from England, Pakistan, France, and the US.Remotely operated vehicles will be used to map out the Titan's debris field around 4km deep in the North Atlantic Ocean
Officials have yet to conclusively determine whether the devastating implosion occurred at the moment when the submersible stopped communicating about 1 hour and 45 minutes into its dive "Bringing an outside entity up to speed on every innovation before it is put into real-world testing is anathema to rapid innovation," Rush wrote in a blog post on his company's website.
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