The human remains of the five passengers killed in the Titanic submarine face the risk of "cross contamination of animals", an expert has claimed.
US medical officials will conduct formal analysis of the remains, which were discovered when debris from the craft was recovered from the ocean floor.
The remains will be sent off for tests after CEO of OceanGate Stockton Rush, French Navy veteran Paul-Henri (PH) Nargeolet, British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, 19, were killed in a "catastrophic implosion."