Titan-subm-boot Implosion: Video shows the sound of the bang
Titan-subm-boot Implosion: Video shows the sound of the bang
The recently published recordings of the Marine Board of Investigation, the highest investigation authority in the US Coast Guard, reveal the sound that was created when the Titan -u-boot in June 2023. Cameras of the mother ship of the submarine documented the moment when Wendy Rush, whose husband Stockton Oceangate founded-the company, which built the crashed submarine-heard a quiet crack that resembled a bogether.
"What was that sound?" Asks her and turns to the people next to her.
The moment of the implosion
At this point, the submarine had reached a depth of around 3,300 meters and was about 90 minutes in his descent to the sea floor to give passengers a close view of the Titanic. It is believed that this "sound" marked the moment of the implosion. A short time later, however, the crew of the support ship received a message from the submarine that it had dropped two weights, which may have the impression that it still worked normally.technical explanations for data transmission
Chris Roman, Professor at the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, told CNN that the news was sent on the thrown weights shortly before the implosion. Due to a delay, however, it was only noticed by the support ship later. "Every system that transmits data through the water has a certain buffer or delay, which is connected to the way they tend or process the signals," he explained.
"If the message was sent a few seconds before the imposion about the 'throwing of the weights' ... then the computer could not show the message immediately when it was received. The time span is short but possible. It really depends on the system used."
The dramatic search for the Titan
six seconds after this message, the mother ship lost contact with the submarine, as is recorded in the chronology of the accident created by the authorities. When the submarine did not get to the surface, a dramatic international search and rescue mission in the remote waters developed several hundred miles southeast of Newfoundland. The authorities found the Titan days later on the bottom of the North Atlantic, several hundred yards from the remains of Titanic.
rush, businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, the businessman Hamish Harding and the French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet were all killed.
teaching from the tragedy
Since the implosion, the fate of the submarine has been cited by some as an example of the dangers of hybris and greed. Statements during the hearings on the catastrophe drew a devastating picture of Ocangate and Rush, which the passengers asked for about $ 250,000 per dive, despite several concerns about the stability of the submarine.
Two documentaries that will be published in the coming weeks - one produced by the BBC and the other of Netflix - will further examine the causes of the tragedy.
This topic continues to arouse great interest, and the continuing discussions aim to learn from this incident in order to prevent similar disasters in the future.
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