Scientists are investigating what led to the catastrophic implosion of OceanGate's Titan that killed all five crew members, and they uncovered shocking details on Thursday.
Scientists investigating the doomed Titan submersible have uncovered shocking new details about what may have caused the catastrophic implosion.
The malfunction caused passengers onboard to 'tumble about' and one crew member crashed into the bulkheading, which a physicist has claimed was where water first began to flow into Titan, according to Dr Steven Ross. Scott Manley, an astrophysicist, suggested a faulty connection at the front between the carbon fiber of the hull and titanium ring, the location of the bulkheading, caused the explosion.
The former scientific director for OceanGate said he did not know if an official assessment was conducted of Titan's hull before it dove into the Atlantic, but ensured the staff were competent people. Footage of the wreck showed only carbon debris in the center of the hull, with the nose cone found without surrounding debris and the tail blasted off to the side.
Manley explained his theory further in a YouTube video, suggesting that failure began at the front bulkhead that subdivided the submersible's interior into watertight compartments. The Titan submersible disappeared on June 18, 2023. There were five people inside the vehicle when it imploded
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