Looks like the inevitable has transpired….
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4162729/posts
Debris from Titanic found.
From article; “Some experts have speculated that it could have suffered a catastrophic implosion as a result of a hull failure.”
That was my first thoughts. Do you know if this was it’s maiden voyage?
Thanks for the update and link, Jane.
I had a feeling it never made it down to the bottom before imploding.
The engineer that was hired by the CEO said they needed a new glass viewport at the front of the sub, as the one that was installed was not rated for the 12,500 foot depth they were going to be at. So, the CEO fired the engineer.
It is felt now that the sub imploded on its way down, at the time they lost contact with it.
If so, that means death was instantanteous. They were dead before they knew what happened to them.
It reminds me of the sinking of the USS Thresher in 1963. All that was left was crushed pieces of fragmented metal.
I knew a person who was a plank holder on the USS Thresher. He was part of the sub’s original crew during shakedown of the sub. He missed the maiden voyage because of his wedding.