Insight into the Titanic submersible implosion and prevention measures

The US Coast Guard has confirmed that all five crew members aboard the Titanic submersible, which went missing earlier this month, died in a catastrophic implosion. Their demise was announced last Thursday, bringing an end to a week-long search for survivors that was well-publicized. On Sunday, the day it vanished, the US Navy heard a sound consistent with an implosion. Since then, search crews have discovered pieces of the submersible OceanGate Titan. However, as investigators continue looking for wreckage, many unanswered questions remain, including when the implosion occurred and what went wrong with the submersible. 
 
The unexpected internal collapse of a vessel under tremendous underwater pressure is referred to as an underwater implosion. An explosion would have been an outward force coming from within the craft. The pressure at the depth where the Titanic wreckage is located, about 13,000 feet (almost 4,000 meters) below sea level, is approximately 5,600 pounds per square inch, several hundred times greater than the surface. 
 
The OceanGate sub’s safety procedures have been examined closely since the Titan sub went missing. William Kohnen, head of the Manned Underwater Vehicles Committee in Los Angeles, criticised the sub’s lack of regulations. The incident, according to Kohnen, was clearly preventable. Kohnen praised the success of the submersible sector, which, according to him, had not had any significant mishaps since the 1960s. Ramsey, a retired Royal Navy submarine captain, said that debris will be gathered, brought to the surface, and inspected for fractures in the carbon fibre construction. 
 
Authorities will continue to scour the sea floor, and the US Coast Guard will resume its search, but with caution. It warned that the ocean floor was an incredibly unforgiving environment. According to experts, it is unlikely that any bodies will be found. They predict that the debris fragments might still be slightly buoyant and go further afield on the ocean’s currents. So the big project right now is going to be trying to collect those parts, said Tom Maddox, CEO of Underwater Forensic Investigators. They’ll mark them, they’ll indicate where they were, and they’ll lay out a map of where those parts were found.