Mothership of doomed submersible returns to Newfoundland, investigation begins [Video]

Two Canadian agencies announced plans on Saturday to look into the circumstances surrounding the deadly implosion of a submersible near the wreckage of the Titanic, with the Transportation Safety Board already moving ahead with a full investigation.

Board officials said they planned to probe “all aspects” that led to the implosion of the Titan Submersible, which was destroyed with five people aboard off the coast of Newfoundland. They said that process got underway on Saturday as investigators began interviewing the crew and some family members on board the Canadian-flagged Polar Prince soon after it docked near the Canadian Coast Guard building in St. John’s.

The vessel, owned by the Miawpukek First Nation in southern Newfoundland, had towed the doomed Titan to the Titanic site about 700 kilometres south of the provincial capital and had helped to launch it on its dive last Sunday.

The Titan lost contact with the Polar …