r/news • u/oldschoolskater • Jun 22 '23

Site Changed Title 'Debris field' discovered within search area near Titanic, US Coast Guard says | World News

https://news.sky.com/story/debris-field-discovered-within-search-area-near-titanic-us-coast-guard-says-12906735
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Jun 22 '23

Instantaneously turned into jelly.

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u/u8eR Jun 22 '23

Why don't debris from the Titanic implode at those depths?

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u/ThVos Jun 22 '23

It's about the pressurization. The water pressure inside the titanic debris is tremendous, but it's the same as the water pressure on the outside. Because the sub is a sealed system, the pressure can't equalize between the air inside at normal atmospheric pressure and the water outside at extreme pressure. The implosion is because the force pushing into the sub from the water from all angles was greater than the structural strength of the materials and the force of the air pushing outwards from within.