Pieces of the doomed Titanic submarine destroyed in a "catastrophic" implosion have been seen for the first time after being brought to shore.
The Titan submersible disappeared on Sunday, June 18, while on its way down to the wreckage of the famous ship.
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A major search effort was launched, however, it was later confirmed that a debris field had been found and that all five passengers onboard had sadly died.
Pictures show the remnants being unloaded from the US Coastguard ship Sycamore and Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St John's, Newfoundland.
US Coastguard crews discovered the debris field roughly 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic last week, the Mirror reports.
Stockton Rush, CEO of sub company Oceangate that owned the vessel, was one of those killed on the doomed voyage.
The other victims included billionaire Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, all of whom were British citizens.
French national and renowned diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet was also killed.
In the wake of the tragic incident, US maritime officials said that they will be issuing a report aimed at improving the safety of submersibles across the world.
US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, of the Coast Guard First District, confirmed that investigators from the US, Canada, France and the United Kingdom are working closely to determine exactly what caused the implosion.
The big clues they are currently examining are five "major pieces" of debris. Undersea expert Paul Hankin said: “We found five different major pieces of debris that told us that it was the remains of the Titan.
“The initial thing we found was the nose cone, which was outside of the pressure hull. We then found a large debris field, within that debris field we found the front-end bell of the pressure hull.
“Shortly thereafter we found a second smaller debris field. Within that debris field we found the other end of the pressure hull. We continue to map out the debris field, and as the admiral said, we will do the best we can to fully map out what’s down there.”
"That was the first indication that there was a catastrophic event.
The USCG previously confirmed that debris found at the wreck of the Titan showed signs that a devastating loss of pressure occurred in the submersible.
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Appearing at a press conference shorty after the debris field was found, Rear Admiral John Mauger, of the First Coast Guard District, did not confirm when the vehicle became irreparably damaged. However, he did say that sonar buoys deployed by teams would have picked up an implosion.
“This was a catastrophic implosion of the vessel which would have generated a significant broadband sound down there that the sonar buoys would have picked up,” he said. "The debris is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber."
Carl Hartsville of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution said the location wreckage was found was "consistent with the last location of communication for an implosion in the water column." Hartsville, continued: "The size of the debris field is consistent with that implosion in the after column." He added the area was a place where "there is not any debris of Titanic."
The debris was located by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) named 'Odysseus' on Thursday last week.
