RMS Titanic Inc., the company that owns the rights to salvage the wreck of the Titanic. The map was obtained by and included as evidence in ongoing legal proceedings within the scope of the investigation into the submarine explosion.
With each passing day, new information emerges about the Titanic that sank in the North Atlantic with the crew of five that began the journey to the wreck of the Titanic. Around this time, a map drawn up by the company that holds the rights to salvage parts of the 1912 shipwreck was released and it showed the “approximate location” of the submersible wreck.
Titanic, RMS Titanic Inc. The map, which resulted from the capture of sonar images and information made available to the company that holds the rights to the recovery, shows how close the submersible Titan was to the sunken vessel without passing in front of it. ., the exact distance between the two.
The area where the submarine was wrecked was designated the “Titan Debris Field” by the company. [Campo de Destroços do Titan, em tradução livre]Surrounded by a dotted circle, very close to the bow of the sunken ship, which remains intact today.
A map from the RMS Titanic was made available in federal court on Saturday as evidence in a court case opened over the investigation into the Titan explosion.
“We believe this data is reliable,” company attorney Brian Weinger was quoted as saying The New York Times, RMS Titanic Inc. The map is shared with the US Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
According to the attorney, the Coast Guard expects to complete its investigation in 12 to 18 months, followed by a public hearing in which many witnesses will be heard.
The wreck of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic in 1912 and sank, was discovered only in 1985. Nine years later, RMS Titanic Inc. A federal court granted the company the right to recover the wreckage. Always under the supervision of the court, the agency that recovers the shipwrecked goods and parts.