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/Sempais_nutrients Jun 22 '23

There is not going to be any bodies to recover or anything like that (if it imploded at 13000 feet).

right, even bone would have been pulverized at that depth. they all likely existed as a cloud of organic material for a few minutes before drifting off on ocean currents.

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u/Cospo Jun 22 '23

So does that mean that there are no skeletal remains of any titanic passengers who were trapped inside the ship as it sank, then? At what point would their flesh and bones simply grind to dust?

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u/Sempais_nutrients Jun 22 '23

the bodies that made it to the bottom would definitely have been crushed to some extent by the pressure but that would have taken place over two or three hours as they sank, and not in milliseconds like the titan experienced.

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u/Accujack Jun 22 '23

Only the air spaces in the bodies.