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The porthole windows on deep submersibles are conical plugs. They don't break. Either a seal leaked or the carbon fiber failed.
by kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
The porthole windows on deep submersibles are conical plugs. They don't break. Either a seal leaked or the carbon fiber failed.
- boppo1 3y agoMaybe on competently assembled subs. All bets are off on this one.
- ocbyc 3y agoProbably was the porthole. It looks like the view port was rated for 1,300 meters. (They were descending to 4,000 meters) An engineer even warned them of the issue, and was fired. I suppose they didn't want to spend the money to develop an adequate one.