In the wake of the loss of the Titan submersible, U.S. Coast Guard Rear-Admiral John Mauger said Thursday that debris was found on the ocean floor that experts believe is “consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,” and “a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.”
A catastrophic implosion happens when a vessel under immense pressures collapses in on itself very quickly.
On Sunday, the Titan, with five men on board, was about one hour and 45 minutes into its two-hour descent from the surface to the wreckage of the Titanic when contact with the submersible was lost.
Mauger said Thursday that debris from the Titan
