Debris from the Titan submersible that imploded on the bottom of the Atlantic as it tried to reach the wreckage of the Titanic has been hauled ashore.

The huge chunks of metal were unloaded from the Horizon Arctic ship at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, this morning.

They were quickly covered in large tarpaulins before being lifted by cranes on to trucks that took them away for assessment. The pieces included a large, white section of curved metal. Another object was full of cables and other mechanical parts.

[The retrieval of the debris seems to lend credence to reports that Canadian authorities may be looking at a criminal investigation into the Titan submersible’s implosion. This kind of retrieval would cost a lot of money and at least some risk to the crew involved in the salvage. — Ed]