Investigators probing the Titan tragedy could reassemble sections of the vessel which have been recovered from the sea floor to pinpoint the weaknesses that caused it to implode.
Several identifiable parts were lifted ashore on Wednesday afternoon, including the sub’s nose and a large panel which appears to be from its tail end.
The discoveries surprised experts who suspected Titan was destroyed when it suffered a ‘catastrophic implosion’ with five people on board during a journey to the wreckage of the Titanic.
It is thought the craft’s titanium components better withstood the disaster, while the weaker carbon fiber parts – including the hull – are more likely to have been crushed into tiny pieces.
Tom Maddox, CEO at Underwater Investigators, told DailyMail.com: ‘Many of us suspected that, in the case of this catastrophic failure, this implosion, that a lot of the parts would be disintegrated, particularly the non-titanium parts, which, of course, would make the investigation a lot harder to do.’
He said finding larger pieces ‘means we have more pieces of the puzzle to put together’.
‘They’ll put it back as best they can,’ he said. ‘I don’t think there’s a rulebook for this, you know, there’s no manual, this is something new. And they’re going to have to kind of write the book as they go along, would be my thought, but they’ll use their past experiences and their knowledge to do that.’
Other fragments lifted from the ocean today reveal wiring and cables, and appear to show some of Titan’s other internal systems.
SOURCE || Daily Mail.
