Wow: this is what it looks like when a submarine implodes
Last night it was announced that debris from the Titan had been found, near the wreck of the Titanic. This confirmed the suspicions: the five passengers did not survive. That conclusion had already been reached because the oxygen had run out (they had over 90 hours of oxygen, but that time had passed), but it turns out that something very different happened.
The submarine actually imploded. The ‘positive’ aspect of this is that it happens so quickly that the human brain cannot even register it — the five passengers did not live in fear for days. That is also the only positive aspect, because such an implosion at such great depth is quite bizarre.
Because the pressure difference is so great at nearly four kilometers deep, there is no question of an explosion, but of an implosion. And because the Titan was made of carbon fiber, which is generally not the best material to build a submarine with, it collapses like a glass that shatters. With steel, more remains intact; with carbon fiber, literally nothing is left.
What does that look like? TechXtreme made a simulation of the Titan. And once you have seen this, you understand: the chance of finding anything from the passengers is very, very small. And (thankfully) the chance is also small that the passengers experienced anything; all together this lasts only 30 milliseconds. For comparison: blinking your eyes takes 100 to 150 milliseconds.
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