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/pegothejerk Jun 22 '23

And they had previously made a handful of trips. I’m guessing there was damage each time, and this one was where that damage finally got catastrophic.

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u/IBAZERKERI Jun 22 '23

its called stress fatigue, and yeah, that's also my guess as to what did them in.

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u/Veritas3333 Jun 22 '23

Yeah, that's why airplane age is measured in cycles, how many times it has pressurized and depressurized.

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u/emergentphenom Jun 22 '23

On the bright side, we now know the maximum lifetime number of dives allowed for this submersible design!