Titanic remains are deteriorating in the North Atlantic seabed. A recent expedition found that a piece of railing had fallen from the ship's bow, where Jack and Rose "fly" in "Titanic."
The trip was the first to the crash site since last summer's Titan submarine catastrophe, which killed five. In July, RMS Titanic Inc.
which owns the ship's wreckage, sent a team of filmmakers, photographers, scientists, and historians to chronicle it.
On its inaugural trip, the ship sank after hitting an iceberg early on April 15, 1912. More than 1,500 passengers died. Since then,
the wreck has captivated the public, and experts have traveled to the bottom of the sea to photograph and investigate it, most recently in 2010.
Researchers found additional wreck deterioration in almost 2 million photos collected during the 20-day 2024 trip.
On July 29, the team found a 15-foot port-side railing gone around the ship's bow. It was intact in 2010. Early expedition photos showed "rusticles and sea life" on the bow railing. Lost piece is on seafloor.
“Although Titanic’s collapse is inevitable, this evidence strengthens our mission to preserve and document what we can before it is too late,” RMS Titanic Inc. stated on its website.