A debris field was discovered on the sea floor near the Titanic wreckage during the search for the missing OceanGate Titan submersible, according to an annou...
#BREAKING: Coast Guard press conference, "debris found" in Titan submersible search | #HeyJB Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrxDTVXtrTU
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wjrii@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y
Just been listening to the USCG press conference: "The debris field was consistent with a catastrophic implosion."
distractionfactory@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
Yeah, sounds like it split into (at least) 2 pieces. What they found is large enough to conclusively identify it as the wreckage. Other details about timing, recovery and an exact cause were not yet available.
Calcharger@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
It must've popped when coms went out. The field was so far apart that means it was high up in the water column
wjrii@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
God, there must have been snapped fibers and/or microfractures all over the pressure vessel every time that thing went down, and it finally gave.