Polar Prince: Support ship docks at Canadian harbour as rescue operations wind down

The Polar Prince has returned to enactment successful Canada wherever it faces an probe into its relation successful the catastrophic implosion of the Titan submersible.

Flags connected committee the vas were astatine half-mast arsenic it docked successful St John's, Newfoundland, connected Saturday.

Another vessel was seen successful the harbour towing the Titan's motorboat platform.

The Titan was connected a dive to the wreck of the Titanic erstwhile it broke apart, sidesplitting each 5 radical connected board.

The Polar Prince towed the submersible retired to the country successful the North Atlantic wherever the Titanic sank, astir 400 miles from St John's.

It carried members of the enactment squad and immoderate household members of the victims, and was progressive successful the hunt for the vas erstwhile it mislaid interaction astir 1 hr and 45 minutes into its dive connected Sunday.

Parts of the submersible were recovered connected Thursday, astir 1,600ft (487m) from the bow of the Titanic wreck.

Canada announced connected Friday that it was launching a information investigation. Other countries' authorities agencies whitethorn articulation in, but it is unclear astatine this signifier which volition pb the investigation.

As good arsenic the relation of the Polar Prince, experts accidental officials volition besides look astatine the materials utilized to marque the sub's outer walls.

Since quality of the mishap broke, manufacture experts person travel retired to accidental that they had raised questions astir information practises astatine OceanGate, the institution that owned the Titan, and whose CEO Stockon Rush was connected committee astatine the clip of the accident.

Also connected committee the Titan were Shahzada and Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henry Nargeolet.