The legal filing cited a law that protects and preserves the shipwreck as a gravesite.
The US government has filed a motion to stop a Titanic expedition planned for 2024. The wreckage of the Titanic seen in the Atlantic Ocean, north of Newfoundland, in 1996.
In the motion, filed in a federal court in Virginia, the US argues RMS Titanic Inc. must "obtain an authorisation from the Secretary of Commerce" before conducting "any research, exploration, salvage, or other activity that would physically alter or disturb the wreck or wreck site of the R.M.S. Titanic unless authorised by the Secretary of Commerce.
RMS Titanic Inc. obtained the salvage rights through an order entered by the US District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, in June 1994, according to the filing.The US argued in court documents filed Friday, that per the international agreement, "RMST is not free to disregard this validly enacted federal law."RMS Titanic Inc. had said they wanted to recover the ship's radio – a request that was granted in May 2020 by a US district judge.
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