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"Debris field" found near Titanic in search for missing sub, U.S. Coast Guard says (www.cbsnews.com)

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The sub went missing while carrying five people to the wreckage of the Titanic.

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[–] yumpoplala@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Oof yeah, damn. Or having the vessel slowly fill up with water or something. Honestly any of the possible death scenarios sound terrifying, hopefully it wasn't prolonged suffering.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

At that depth, it's not "slowly" filling up with water. As soon as the hull is breached, it would violently implode inside of a second.

[–] yumpoplala@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ahh, yeah, you're right.

[–] Brikloss@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

It's not a pleasant process, but a catastrophic failure would be ideal from a "way to go" standpoint.

By comparison the USS Thresher had a small brazing leak, followed by a freezing of the compressed air they tried to fill the ballast tanks with to emergency surface, and then got to experience the bulkheads imploding and slowly be crushed as they sank. There's audio from nearby ships of it imploding online and it's pretty terrifying to listen to.

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