Associate professor at the British University of Plymouth Gasper Graham said that the cause of the catastrophe that befell the Titan submarine was small cracks formed on its surface.
“The 12.7 cm thick submarine’s hull has been subjected to repeated stresses (water pressure) over twenty previous dives, with each dive causing new cracks to appear in the hull,” Graham told The Associated Press.
He added that cracks “may be small and imperceptible at first, but as time goes on they become dangerous and must be maintained in order not to cause a catastrophe like the one that happened, because they grow with each trip to depth as a result of high pressure of water, so that then it becomes difficult to cope with them.
The researcher pointed out that “the structure of a submarine made of carbon fibers and titanium skins has a limited resource in the event of an overload or poor quality design, which causes an increase in the concentration of forces and pressure on the structure.”
Submarine operator Oceangate has previously stated that the carbon fiber structure of the Titan submarine and titanium “plug” covers are lighter and more effective when used for deep diving.
The crew of the tourist submarine Titan went missing on June 18 during its descent to the wreck of the Titanic, according to media reports that Ocean Gate, which operates the submarine, said in a statement that it believed the passengers in it were killed in an accident while in it was the company’s president, trip organizer Stockton Rush, 48-year-old Pakistani-born millionaire Shahzada Daoud and his son Suleiman Daoud, 19, and British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, who lives in Dubai, and a French researcher Paul Henry Nargole, 77.
And the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement on Wednesday, June 28, that it found the possible bodies of the victims of the Titan submarine that sank in the Atlantic Ocean during a tourist trip to the Titanic crash site. ” ship.
Source: TASS