They felt nothing like this method of "euthanizing" submarine victims
They felt nothing like this method of "euthanizing" submarine victims
Hundreds of questions are still searching for answers, after the tragedy of the submarine "Titan", whose wreckage was found Thursday, as it was trying to explore the wreckage of the famous ship "Titanic" at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Perhaps one of the most important information that investigators and followers of the event around the world are seeking to obtain is related to the manner in which the five passengers of the submarine died in the tragic incident.
And after the statements of the US Coast Guard, Thursday, which suggested a "catastrophic explosion" inside the submarine, an expert in submarine science revealed that the victims were killed "perhaps without feeling anything."
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Will Connen, chairman of the Naval Technology Association's Committee on Manned Submarines, based in Washington, said that the five victims "may not have had enough time to comprehend what happened to the submarine," if the theory of its explosion from the inside is correct, as seen by the US Coast Guard.
"If the submarine exploded from the inside, it is likely that it happened within a thousandth of a second," Konen told Reuters.
The expert added, "Maybe this is a mercy, because it was a kinder ending than the very difficult situation of the victims being 4 days in a cold, dark and narrow place." Communications with the submarine were cut off on Sunday and its wreckage was found Thursday.
"So, this would have happened very quickly," he said. "I don't think anyone had enough time to process what happened."
Tragedy, in short
The submarine Titan set off on a two-hour voyage Sunday morning, but lost contact with a support vessel about an hour and 45 minutes later in what should have been just a two-hour dive to the world's most famous shipwreck site.
After a search that lasted for days, the US Coast Guard announced Thursday that the wreckage of the submarine had been found, and that its destruction was caused by a "catastrophic internal explosion" that claimed the lives of all those on board.
Coast Guard Admiral John Mauger told reporters that an automated vehicle that can dive into the depths, sent from a Canadian ship, discovered a site of wreckage from the submarine Thursday morning on the ocean floor, about 488 meters from the bow of the "Titanic", and at a depth of 4 kilometers from the surface of the water. , in a remote corner of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Coast Guard officials confirmed the discovery of 5 large fragments of the 6.7-meter-long Titan wreck, including the tail cone and two sections of the submarine's hull.