Titanic

In this satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, from top to bottom, the vessels Horizon Arctic, Deep Energy and Skandi Vinland search for the missing submersible Titan, Thursday, June 22, 2023 in the Atlantic Ocean. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Canada is investigating why the Titanic-bound submersible imploded

Maritime agencies are searching the area in the North Atlantic where the vessel was destroyed

Crew members of the Polar Prince prepare to dock the ship as it arrives at the Coast Guard wharf, Saturday, June 24, 2023 in St. John’s, Nfld. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Mother ship of doomed Titan submersible returns to port in Newfoundland

The Titan was owned by the Washington-based company OceanGate Expeditions

FILE - This 2004 photo provided by the Institute for Exploration, Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, shows the remains of a coat and boots in the mud on the sea bed near the Titanic’s stern. OceanGate Expeditions, an undersea exploration company, plans to dive to the sunken Titanic to begin what’s expected to be an annual chronicling of the shipwreck’s deterioration. The 109-year-old wreck is being battered by deep-sea currents and metal-eating bacteria. The first dive could be as early as this week. (Institute for Exploration, Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration)

As the Titanic decays, expedition will monitor deterioration

Experts hope to learn more about the vessel and the underwater ecosystem that shipwrecks spawn