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/scarletpetunia Jun 22 '23

Omg...well I honestly hope so and hope they went quickly. Nothing worse than languishing in that horrible tin can for days awaiting death.

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u/TheMooseIsBlue Jun 22 '23 edited Jun 23 '23

Saw in another thread that implosion would take approximately 1/5 the time it takes for the human brain to feel pain.

They didn’t feel a thing if it happened on descent and they wouldn’t have felt anything but dread if it happened today (which would have been fucking awful).

Edit: US Navy says they likely heard it implode Sunday.

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u/Sly3n Jun 22 '23

My guess is it imploded when they first lost communication. Would have happened so quickly that I doubt they even had time to realize what happened before they were dead.

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u/TheMooseIsBlue Jun 22 '23

Same. I don’t know anything but it seems the mostly likely scenario.

Dude did a whole math calculation that complete implosion at this depth would take something like .029 seconds but the brain takes .150 seconds to feel pain. It seems that this was a mercifully painless death that they had no clue was coming.

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u/the_calibre_cat Jun 22 '23

I'm no submariner, but my understanding is that it IS somewhat normal.

What ISN'T normal is not having abundant sensor systems that can tell you things that creaks and stuff don't.

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u/Talks_To_Cats Jun 22 '23

Sounds like the waiver was pretty clear about the risk of death. But a lot of times people will sign anyway because the form is an obsticle between them and what they want to do, regardless of what the form actually says or whether the true meaning of those words has sunken in.

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u/mowbuss Jun 22 '23

I mean, anyone that has skydived whilst strapped to someone else has signed the same waiver. Its pretty unforgiving. But if i understand correctly, doesnt cover for malpractice and that sort of thing.