- Confirmation has been made that the debris found near the Titanic belongs to the missing Titan submersible.
- The presence of this debris suggests that the submersible likely experienced a catastrophic implosion.
- An implosion functions similarly to a bomb, crushing the vessel within milliseconds.
The Coast Guard has officially confirmed that the debris found 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic indeed belongs to the missing Titan submersible.
This discovery provides strong evidence that the submersible experienced a catastrophic implosion during its descent to the Titanic on Sunday.
Submersibles are engineered to withstand immense underwater pressures, such as those found 12,500 feet below the surface, where the pressure is approximately 400 times greater than at sea level.
However, any damage or flaw in the submersible’s hull can result in a leak, triggering an immediate implosion under such extreme pressure, as reported by HITC.
Stefan Williams, a professor of marine robotics at the University of Sydney, shared, “If the pressure vessel has failed catastrophically, it’s like a small bomb going off. The potential is that all the safety devices might be destroyed in the process,” in an interview with The Guardian.
Efforts to rescue the five passengers on board the submersible, which lost contact with the surface on Sunday, have been ongoing. There had been concerns that the passengers may have been trapped alive in the cramped 21-foot-long vessel.
However, with the discovery of the debris and the probable implosion, it is likely that the passengers did not suffer for long. Guillermo Söhnlein, one of the founders of OceanGate, stated to BBC, “If that’s what happened, that’s what would have occurred four days ago.”
Furthermore, the implosion would have been nearly instantaneous, lasting only milliseconds, according to the Journal of Physics: Conference Series. A similar incident occurred in 1961 with the USS Thresher submarine, which is believed to have imploded.
The catastrophic event would have torn the metallic vessel apart “like taffy,” according to Naval History Magazine. “Complete destruction would happen in 1/20th of a second, too fast for the submarine’s occupants to comprehend.”
An implosion is essentially the opposite of an explosion. Instead of internal pressure moving outward, external pressure rushes in. Similar to an explosion, there is unlikely to be much remaining of the vessel and its cargo.
“I know it’s not much solace to the families and spouses, but they died instantly. They were not even aware that anything was wrong,” stated journalist David Pogue on CNN.
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