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		zaebal on June 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Titanic tourist sub photos show wreckage being bro... Can we assume that if the acrylic was a point of failure, then the whole titanium end cap section would appear much more damaged, than what we can see on those pictures?

timbit42 on June 28, 2023 [–]

Doesn't it depend on the type of failure? Apparently it didn't break but might have deformed to the point that the seal was compromised.

zaebal on June 28, 2023 | [–]

Assuming violent implosion.

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