Maritimearchaeology News

"Renowned Expert's Death Halts Titanic Artifact Recovery Expedition"

The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck has canceled plans to retrieve more artifacts from the site after the leader of the upcoming expedition died in a submersible accident. The decision could impact a court battle with the U.S. government, which has been trying to stop the mission due to concerns about violating federal laws treating the wreck as a gravesite. The company's revised plans now only include imaging and surveys at the wreck site, and they will not send another crewed submersible until the cause of the accident is investigated.