One of the last messages sent from the doomed Titan submersible during its June 2023 voyage to the Titanic wreckage was "all good here," the Coast Guard said.
Frankly, it was probably cracking and pinging all the way down, even on normal dives. They had steel outer caps on the ends, and carbon fiber in the middle, those two materials stretch and compress very differently under extreme loads.
Frankly, it was probably cracking and pinging all the way down, even on normal dives. They had steel outer caps on the ends, and carbon fiber in the middle, those two materials stretch and compress very differently under extreme loads.