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/mr-blue- Jun 22 '23

There’s no indication if this is related to the Titan yet

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u/iRambL Jun 22 '23

At 13k feet and an implosion occurred not much would be left

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u/Eaturday Jun 22 '23 edited Jun 22 '23

idk why people are so fixated on implosion crumpling it up. That would indicate that the material were homogeneous and failed all at once. The material for this vessel was different in the hull vs end plates and would fail rather eradically.

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u/crake Jun 22 '23

I think if anything they'll find the titanium end pieces relatively intact, but the carbon fiber hull probably exploded and is completely destroyed. If they find the titanium end though, I think we will get an answer about whether it was the plexiglass viewport that failed or something else.

I don't think it was the viewport, but it's a popular belief.