<h5>What do we know about the Titan submersible?</h5><p>The Titan submersible was a small underwater craft owned by the company OceanGate. It was used to take tourists to get a glimpse of the Titanic ship’s wreckage. The company has been offering such tours since 2021. The submersible could carry only five people at a time and go as deep as 4km in the ocean.</p><p>OceanGate’s founder, a French maritime expert, a Pakistani businessman and his son, and a British businessman were on board during its <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/titanic-tourist-submersible-goes-missing">most recent trip</a>. On 18th June 2023, a few minutes before it was about to reach the wreckage site, Titan lost contact with its support ship, Polar Prince. It was declared missing!</p><p>After a week-long search by US and Canadian authorities in the North Atlantic Ocean, it was discovered that the Titan imploded, and all five passengers were killed immediately on the very day it went missing.</p><h5>Why and how did it implode?</h5><p>Following the recovery of Titan’s debris, authorities have concluded that the submersible imploded near the Titanic wreckage due to extreme water pressure. The deeper you go in the ocean, the higher the water’s pressure.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <video width="100%" controls=""> <source src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/what-happened-to-ocean-gate-s-titan-submersible%2FTitan%20debris.mp4?alt=media&amp;token=0beb9078-2d8e-47ae-8dee-3bd2a8c58b49" type="video/mp4"> </video> <figcaption>Parts of the Titan submersible being recovered from the ocean. Video by RT.</figcaption> </figure></div><p>We won’t know what exactly happened until the investigation is completed, but it is being said that operational failure and design flaws may have caused the incident. Reports claim that OceanGate did not receive proper certification for the submersible or its design, making the Titan highly unsafe.</p><p>To withstand high pressure, it is suggested that strong metals like titanium be used to construct submersibles. However, Titan was built out of titanium as well as carbon fibre. Reports suggest that regular use of the submersible may have reduced the ability of carbon fibre to handle pressure and thus led to the implosion.</p><p>Some believe that submersibles should have a spherical shape (like the Earth) so that the pressure is evenly distributed around the underwater craft. The fact that the Titan was cylindrical may have also contributed to its fate.</p><p>Let’s hope the families of the five deceased passengers find the strength to cope with their loss.</p>

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