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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Skoulding

‘Like crushing a tiny can of soda’: How pressure under the sea caused the Titan submersible implosion

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An expert has revealed why a submersible may have suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ under the wreckage of the Titanic last week after five people died.

An undersea robot found debris from OceanGate’s Titan submersible vessel around 487 metres from the Titanic’s bow at the wreckage’s depth of 3.8 km after it went missing on Sunday.

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