r/interestingasfuck • u/ThugLeeVoguee • 1d ago

The implosion of the Titan submarine (OceanGate) was so rapid that the pain wasn't even registered by the brain. They didn't feel anything at all. Utterly instantaneous.

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u/AkumaLilly 1d ago

Atleast the implosion made the death instant, I couldn't imagine if the ship just lost power and drifted on the bottom of the ocean in absolute darkness.

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u/xeviphract 1d ago

My co-workers bought into the line that 'They're still alive, but trapped at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean,' as if that were a better outcome than the much more likely instant death scenario.

They thought I was the pessimistic one.

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u/JayGatsby1881 22h ago

How horrific would that be man...

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u/Rocket_safety 1d ago

It did in fact do this for about 40 minutes. They lost thrusters and even after dropping ballast (including the landing skids) they were still not buoyant.