entire team wanted to express their condolences also. as a senior investigator, i have witnessed the personal impact associated with these types of events. and my primary goal is to prevent a similar occurrence by making the necessary recommendations to enhance the safety of the maritime domain world wide. upon receiving notification that the submersible titan had suffered a catastrophic failure with the loss of the five lives on board, the coast guard declared a major marine casualty and convened an investigation referred to as an m.b.i. on june 23rd. i am serving as a chair for the investigation. an m.b.i. is the highest level of investigation the coast guard conducts. it enables the u.s. to fully leverage investigative resources coast guard-wide and capitalize on an extensive network of cooperative relationships with
speak of. prigozhin s whereabouts are unknown after he said a deal was struck. he will be allowed to go to nearby belarus and have all criminal charges in russia against him dropped. before the deal, wagner s group had come within 125 miles of moscow in this insurrection. and it was the most serious challenge to russian president vladimir putin s rule since he came to power 23 years ago. wagner s soldiers were actually cheered by supporters as they prepared to leave one of the russian military cities. to boston now where that u.s. coast guard press conference is under way on the ongoing investigation involving the submersible titan. the purpose of today s press conference is to bring closure to the search and rescue phase of the response and to inform the public of the coast guard s next steps. but first and foremost i want to
and my primary goal is to prevent a similar occurrence, by making the necessary recommendations to enhance the safety of the maritime domain worldwide. upon receiving notification that the submersible titan has suffered catastrophic failure with the loss of the five lives on board, the coast guard declared a major casualty, and convened an investigation, commonly referred to as and mbi on june 23rd. i m serving the chair of that investigation. and mbi is the highest level investigation the coast guard conducts, and it enables the u.s. to fully leverage investigative resources, coast guard wide, and capitalize on the extensive network of cooperative relationships with international maritime administrations and organizations. the mbi is currently in its initial evidence collection phase, including the salvage
d expeditions. and now it looks like they want to get to a place where they can do that. one thing we did not hear so far yet, fred, is whether or not more specifics about whether or not they have recovered more debris. i would say that is the outstanding question here in trying to determine whether or not they ve been able to recover more pieces as part of that investigation. and as you heard it there, they are continuing to conduct interviews with the families and the crew members right here in the port of st. john s where we are standing, the place where the polar prince arrived yesterday carrying that crew and family members. that will also be a critical part of the investigation. this international collaboration also helps underscore, you know, the variation of citizenry that is represented tiff of the five people who died on board this submersible titan. gloria, thank you so much. appreciate that from st. john s