HAPPENING NOW: U.S. Coast Guard officials give an update on the submersible lost while on journey to the Titanic's wreckage.
U.S. Coast Guard officials gave a final update Sunday on the search for the missing Titan submersible, an effort that ended in tragedy when searchers
The Coast Guard have now opened a Marine Board of Investigation -- the highest level of investigation that the Coast Guard conducts -- with the goal of preventing a similar tragedy from occurring again. Over the coming months, investigators are expected to focus on the how and the why behind the sub's implosion, while officials look into whether or not more regulations are needed to prevent this from happening again.
For now, resources that were deployed for this search operation are being pulled back, except some underwater vehicles known as ROVs, or remote operated vehicles. The Navy says that implosion could have been detected on Sunday, right around the time that communication with the sub failed.
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