US government may halt legal dispute, allowing RMS Titanic Inc. to use an uncrewed submersible for external imaging of the Titanic wreck site.
The US government may stop its legal dispute against RMS Titanic Inc.'s revised plans for an expedition to the Titanic wreck site. The company, which owns salvage rights to the wreck, initially planned to take images inside the ocean liner's severed hull and retrieve artifacts from the debris field. However, following a legal challenge by the US in August due to concerns over potentially disturbing artifacts and human remains, the company has now agreed to send an uncrewed submersible to capture external images of the ship only, without disturbing the wreck.
March 13, 2024
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