Titanic submersible es morte (4 Viewers)

[Bleu Raeder]

I would have assumed it imploded down to the size of a can of tuna

The "bell" or "pressure chamber" would have been the part to be squashed. Other parts may or may not be affected by the pressure.

 

[TheRealJRad]

So would the "passenger" area have just insta-crushed and more or less shot that tail section off or something? I'm surprised that big a chunk is still intact, I would have thought losing half your frame would just *poof* it all

So wild to think of

 

[Bleu Raeder]

So would the "passenger" area have just insta-crushed and more or less shot that tail section off or something? I'm surprised that big a chunk is still intact, I would have thought losing half your frame would just *poof* it all

So wild to think of

Pretty much. Anything holding pressure, like the cabin, would've "insta-crushed". All the other components did not have pockets of air or pressure that would've been crushable but the rapid descent of those parts to the ocean floor likely caused some damage to them. I heard this morning that the forward portal was only designed for depths of 3000 feet, not the ~13000 feet where the Titanic lay.