Missing Titanic Sub Faced Lawsuit over Depths It Could Safely Travel To

Re:Missing Titanic Sub Faced Lawsuit over Depths It Could Sa... by saberdancer on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:23AM (#36415452)

I also thought they suffocated but it seems more likely that they died in a fire.

"Analysts concluded that 23 sailors took refuge in the small ninth compartment and survived for more than six hours. When oxygen ran low, they attempted to replace a potassium superoxide chemical oxygen cartridge, but it fell into the oily sea water and exploded on contact. The resulting fire killed several crew members and triggered a flash fire that consumed the remaining oxygen, suffocating the remaining survivors."

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Re:Missing Titanic Sub Faced Lawsuit over Depths It Could Sa... by inimino on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:26AM (#36417588)

Apparently they were trying to fix the cartridge and the officer lost control of it and was killed instantly, some of the others dove under the water and survived the fire, but as the fire had consumed all the oxygen, it didn't matter. How they figured all that out from what they hauled up, I can only imagine.

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