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The pipeline is 80m underwater - a ship could be sailing right over and not even realize an explosion happened under it.

• Laaas 4y ago
  What about the methane? How would it interact with the ship if it was directly atop the leak?
  • usrusr 4y ago
    Sure: when a large amount of gas is released to bubble up, the average density of the gas/water mix can be too low for the maximum displacement of a ship passing above to carry it's weight. Ship drops beneath the surface until it hits pure water or a mix close enough, and most ships aren't built to recover from that.
    • KMag 4y ago
      Or, the ship breaks its keel because the front and back are supported, but the middle loses buoyancy.