Titan submersible "exploded", 5 passengers died, close-up video of the explosion shocked viewers?

After days of searching for the missing Titan exploration submersible, the US Coast Guard confirmed that it had found debris on the seabed. The ship is said to have suffered a "catastrophic explosion" that killed all five passengers.

Specifically, the US Coast Guard on June 22 announced that the submersible Titan was "crushed" in the area near the wreck of the Titanic, causing all 5 people on board to die almost immediately. A robotic diving vehicle deployed from a Canadian ship has located some debris on the seabed, about 490 meters from the wreck of the Titanic and at a depth of 4 kilometers. Authorities later confirmed the debris belonged to the Titan submersible, according to Reuters.

This is the sad end to a large-scale international search and rescue operation for the Titan. The analysis results showed that the explosion of the pressure chamber of the submersible had occurred.

Due to the absence of a black box, the investigation team needed to collect every possible wreckage of the ship and examine the structure for cracks in the carbon fiber material. After discovering debris of the Titan submersible on the seabed, rescue efforts will now turn to finding out the cause of the incident.

The big question that the investigation team will try to answer, is whether the cause is a structural error or not. If true, the submersible would have been subjected to extremely high pressure, equivalent to the weight of the Eiffel Tower. Another important question is if this is indeed the case, is it due to a lack of comprehensive testing, as some experts have suggested. So why did the Titan explode after just a few hours in the water?

The answer that many experts give is because the pressure under the ocean is too great. If the Titan was near the wreck of the Titanic, it would be subjected to a higher pressure than the bite of a great white shark. The pressure on the seabed is, of course, appalling. At the time the submarine lost contact, based on time, it is thought that it was about 3,000 meters underwater. At that depth, any weak point, no matter how small a crack, in the hull of a ship would be catastrophic, causing a catastrophic explosion.

A video recreating the situation of the wreck of The Titan submarine in the deep sea has just been posted on social networks and has been viewed millions of times. The image makes anyone watching will see more or less shock and fear. Through the video reconstruction, it can be imagined that The Titan submarine exploded / collapsed very quickly, all of which happened within 30 milliseconds.

Even, Ofer Ketter, an expert on submarines, even told the New York Post (New York Post) that most likely the explosion took place within a few nanoseconds. And because it was so fast, the passengers on the train wouldn't know anything, which means at least, they didn't have to experience fear.

One expert said: "They (5 passengers) never know what happened. After all, this can be a very positive thing in this very negative situation. It happens instantaneously, even instantly. before their brain can send any kind of message to their body that they're in pain."

Although the Titan hull is made of composite materials that can withstand the extreme pressures of the deep sea, any defect in the ship's shape or construction can affect its ability to withstand pressure. It. And the risk of exploding is very high.

The Titan ship was reported missing on the afternoon of June 18 (local time). When it went missing, the ship was on its way to where the Titanic sank more than a century ago. The Titan submersible was carrying five people, including British billionaire Hamish Harding, French expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet, founder of OceanGate Expeditions Stockton Rush, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and son Suleman.

Before that, a British millionaire had originally signed up for the trip but ended up canceling the ticket for some strange reason. He said he had an uneasy feeling about the project. He canceled his ticket because of concerns about the quality of technology and materials used by OceanGate, which provides deep-sea visits to the wreck of the Titanic.

One of his concerns was that the submersible appeared to be designed with "computer game console-based" controllers in mind. "I found out they were using old scaffolding columns for the submarine's ballast - and its controls were based on a computer game-style controller," he said.

It is not clear which agency will lead the investigation as there is no set of rules for such incidents with submersibles. The incident was particularly complicated, Mauger said, because it happened in a remote sea and involved people of many different nationalities.

Titan submarine disappearance: 1% survival rate, mysterious sound series and unbelievable sight inside the ship? Pipi14:51:55 22/06/2023On June 18, the Titan submarine carrying passengers to visit the Titanic sank in the ocean lost contact with the mother ship after nearly two hours of departure. The rescue team is racing against time to save 5 passengers before the oxygen runs out.