Today marks the one-year anniversary from when the Titan submersible left St. John’s for the wreckage of the Titanic before imploding.

The catastrophic implosion claimed the lives of all five men who were on board, with media from all over the world descending on St. John’s to cover the story.

The submersible, which was operated by OceanGate Expeditions, left June 18 to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing about 1,500 people.

The submarine had five passengers on board. Hamish Harding, a British billionaire was on the vessel. Harding posted to his Facebook a day earlier, announcing he had joined OceanGate Expeditions for their RMS Titanic Mission. “Due to the worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023,” wrote Harding. “A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow.”

Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a 77-year-old French explorer and director of an underwater research company that owns the rights to the Titanic wreck, was also on the submarine. According to CTV News, Nargeolet led the first recovery expedition to the Titanic in 1987 and is a leading authority on the wreck site

Also on board was Shahzada Dawood, and his son Suleman. The Suleman’s are members of one of Pakistan’s prominent families.

The founder and CEO of the vessel’s operating company OceanGate, Stockton Rush, was also on board Titan. In an interview in 2021, Rush spoke to NTV News about the potential benefits of Titanic tourism. “In following years the hope is that these individuals who show up will bring real resources to the community and will want to go off fly-fishing, or hiking, or go off and visit other sites,” said Rush.

The US Coast Guard began an investigation into what happened, but the inquiry continues with a planned public hearing to discuss their findings set for the fall.

NTV’s Beth Penney, who covered for story since it was first reported missing last summer, will have more at 5:30 and 6.