2023-06-23 19:56:52
On Thursday afternoon, Spanish time, the theories that weighed on the state of the five crew members of the Titan when a explorer robot found the frontal warhead of the submersible 600 meters from the bow of the Titanic. An implosion had killed the underwater tourists in a matter of thousandths of a second. These are the main hypotheses of what could have happened.
The five crew members of the Titan died in a “catastrophic implosion” of the submersible
1. A crack in the hull
The pressure at a depth of 3,800 meters is 380 times that of the surface. The slightest failure at that depth implies certain death in a matter of thousandths of a second. One of the main hypotheses being considered is that the materials with which the submersible capsule was built They have not endured this pressure and implode. The capsule, which was not approved, had a porthole, and submersibles of this type do not usually have windows due to the dangers that this entails. The Titan was made ofe carbon fiber and titanium, and on previous occasions the OceanGate co-founder expressed doubts about its resistance but they were always dismissed.
2. Electrical failure
Another of the hypotheses being considered is that the Titan suffered a electrical failure that could have caused or was dragged by currents or that it would not succeed ascend. In both cases, this failure would have already occurred previously and it is that according to company records, the Titan already had to emerge previously with foreign help due to a failure in the electrical ballast release mechanism. In that case, control of the submarine would have been lost, leaving it at the mercy of the currents, which could have caused a blow that cracked the hull.
3. Hit during ascent or descent
The hypothesis that during the ascent the submersible could have collided with some element such as a plate ice to break the hull and the pressure would cause a implosion. Even so, the hypothesis is not widely considered because the wreckage was found at the bottom, which would indicate that the collision should not have taken place very high up because otherwise it would have been further away from the wreckage of the Titanic due to the currents.
4. Trapped in the wreckage of the Titanic
the very difficult conditions of navigation in which this trip was carried out make it especially prone to miscalculations. A current that is too strong, a human error, or a lack of vision due to being in a complete darkness they could have made the Titan will get stuck at some point among the remains of the Titanic and that with it would have deteriorated the helmet and later would have imploded. The difficulty of control at these depths makes any unforeseen event lethal.
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