One week after the world first learned the Titan submersible had gone missing on its way to the Titanic wreckage, investigators are beginning the search for answers about how and why it imploded.The U.S. Coast Guard has convened a Marine Board of Investigation - the highest level it can undertake - into what happened to the Titan submersible. Andrew Chang digs into the questions that may and may not be answered.
"The debris field itself tells a story. Where the parts are, how far apart they are, what direction they're aligning in," Maddox said Monday. All five people who were aboard the submersible are presumed dead. U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger, who led the search party for the vessel last week, has visited St. John's to speak with the families.
"Carbon fibre, which is practically 10 times thinner than the human hair, has a great resistance when you pull it apart in tensile, but does not have such a great resistance when you compress it. And this is exactly what's happening in this situation," he said Monday. Eugen Abramovici, a former aerospace engineer who works in failure analysis, says the materials the Titan is made of, and how it was built, will be key factors of the international investigation into its implosion. He said the submersible was likely manufactured through filament winding, the process of spooling carbon fibre around the cylinder of the vessel to build tension and a tight seal.
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