A ‘catastrophic implosion’, such as that believed to have destroyed the Titan submersible, would have happened with incredible force and speed given the crushing water pressure on the floor of the ocean.
A “catastrophic implosion,” such as that believed to have destroyed the Titan submersible, would have happened with incredible force and speed given the crushing water pressure on the floor of the ocean.
The remains of the Titanic rest on the seabed in the North Atlantic at a depth of some 3 800 metres.
At sea level, atmospheric pressure is 1013.25 millibars.
Water pressure at the depth where the ocean liner lies is equivalent to around 400 atmospheres, more than 405 000 millibars.
