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Re:Titan Submersible Suffered Catastrophic Failure: Debris F... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday June 22, 2023 @03:36PM (#36437566)
The porthole windows on deep submersibles are conical plugs. They don't break. Either a seal leaked or the carbon fiber failed.
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Re:Titan Submersible Suffered Catastrophic Failure: Debris F... by boppo1 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @05:02PM (#36438947)
Maybe on competently assembled subs. All bets are off on this one.
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Re:Titan Submersible Suffered Catastrophic Failure: Debris F... by ocbyc on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:21AM (#36443104)
Probably was the porthole. It looks like the view port was rated for 1,300 meters. (They were descending to 4,000 meters) An engineer even warned them of the issue, and was fired. I suppose they didn't want to spend the money to develop an adequate one.
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