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The Titanic
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Unlikely, some scraps might but they would be just that, tiny bits of scrap wreckage. The dome structure and titanium ring would go to the bottom. The rest of it would be in shreds and not have the buoyancy upthrust needed to ascend. Some bits might but they would be impossible to find. They will be scattered and very small.If it imploded would debris rise to the surface?
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1 pilot, the CEO and 3 passengers who've paid to go down. That's it.I admit I've not really been following this very closely but feel sorry for all on board and their family and friends.
I just have a question though. As well as the 5 passengers how many crew are there on board?
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I doubt they'll find it now too.Their air supplies would have run out roughly now right? I honestly don't think they will even find the vessel. If it imploded the carbon fibre will have come apart leaving just the titanium ring and dome structure at the front. Even if it was intact it is such a relatively small vessel ocean currents could have moved it almost anywhere.
At what point do you cut off from searching? It sounds cruel but the cost of searching must be already in the millions and has to be a consideration at some point. Coast guard assets also can't be all focussed just on this as they will eventually be needed elsewhere.
A whole passenger jet can disappear without a trace over the ocean, the chances of finding this tiny sub now are slim sadly.
The ocean is a terrifying place.
marco
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what would the presure do to the human body unprotected at that depth?
Eccles Blue
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Ah, thank you, I just kept reading about 5 people and at one stage I read a headline that said 5 passengers and I kept thinking well what about the crew. Thank you.1 pilot, the CEO and 3 passengers who've paid to go down. That's it.
It is a very sad situation. I just can't understand why anyone would want to go down into the depths like that to basically look at a hunk of scrap metal. But each to his own.
If a miracle doesn't happen RIP to them all.
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You really want to know the details to that? It's pretty gruesome, i'm not gonna lie.what would the presure do to the human body unprotected at that depth?
metalblue
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You really want to know the details to that? It's pretty gruesome, i'm not gonna lie.
Hopefully quick if that’s what happened
marco
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having thought about it i'd asume break every bone in the body, we'l leave it there i thinkYou really want to know the details to that? It's pretty gruesome, i'm not gonna lie.
Elbow beards
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Would have thought similar to what happens to a fly when you swat it.what would the presure do to the human body unprotected at that depth?
LangleyBlue1970
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Someone said earlier the thread if it happened they wouldn’t even have had time to realise what was going on.Hopefully quick if that’s what happened
With it at this stage now you can only hope that is what happened. No suffering.
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having thought about it i'd asume break every bone in the body, we'l leave it there i think
Blood boils, heart explodes due the increased blood pressure, every cavity decompresses especially those in the face, lungs and intestines. That's only if the body is exposed to the underwater pressure. Since they're inside the submersible, they'd just be crushed instantly which we don't think happened due to hearing the banging sounds yesterday. 'Hopefully' (using that term loosely), they'll have succumbed to hypoxia.
marco
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read something like this about planes,in a head on collision between two planes the brain couldnt process whats happening fast enough you wouldnt see the cockpit crumble and disintergrate if you were sat on the back seat,over in millisecondsSomeone said earlier the thread if it happened they wouldn’t even have had time to realise what was going on.
With it at this stage now you can only hope that is what happened. No suffering.
I wonder if they were able to open the door from inside the vessel, if so I would have taken drowning over being trapped in a tin can.
Apparently drowning can occur within a minute or so, I’d take that over slow suffocation.
Just like the victims who jumped off the World Trade Centre roof rather than be consumed by fire and a collapsing building, lesser of two evils.
Apparently drowning can occur within a minute or so, I’d take that over slow suffocation.
Just like the victims who jumped off the World Trade Centre roof rather than be consumed by fire and a collapsing building, lesser of two evils.
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You're bolted inside the submersible from the outside to avoid rapid decompression.I wonder if they were able to open the door from inside the vessel, if so I would have taken drowning over being trapped in a tin can.
Apparently drowning can occur within a minute or so, I’d take that over slow suffocation.
Just like the victims who jumped off the World Trade Centre roof rather than be consumed by fire and a collapsing building, lesser of two evils.
Only way out is someone removing the bolts once you reach the surface.
Elbow beards
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Even if you could get out at that depth you wouldn't drown, you'd get crushed to deathI wonder if they were able to open the door from inside the vessel, if so I would have taken drowning over being trapped in a tin can.
Apparently drowning can occur within a minute or so, I’d take that over slow suffocation.
Just like the victims who jumped off the World Trade Centre roof rather than be consumed by fire and a collapsing building, lesser of two evils.
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Went on Astute a couple of times when it was being built at Barrow and Vengeance while having an overhaul at Devonport. Company I worked for supplied many higher pressure air valves for navy subs. Wouldn't like to be on one for more than a couple of hours.I went on HMS Conqueror in the Falklands it was in dock and wasn’t underwater, absolutely no way you could pay me enough to go on that for 3 months, it takes a special kind of person to serve on subs.
East Level 2
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It's about 300 bar pressure 3 km under water. It would be messy.what would the presure do to the human body unprotected at that depth?
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Even if you could get out at that depth you wouldn't drown, you'd get crushed to death
You have to think in terms of gasses and rapid compression. Most of your body is saturated in liquid so it would be fine. But your lungs and sinuses etc all would collapse inward instantly. Not that messy but quick.It's about 300 bar pressure 3 km under water. It would be messy.