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What we know about the 'catastrophic implosion' of the Titan submersible
- phs318u 3y agoThe five passengers inside the Titan submersible might not have realised it was even happening. The Titan's pressure hull was made of a combination of titanium and a composite material of carbon fibres, described as "very new". Carbon reinforced plastic collapses "catastrophically", an event that would have happened within 20 milliseconds.