Everyone is focusing on the controller, which I don’t think was the issue here. Also they had spare controllers.
The issue is the hull was made out of fucking fiberglass and titanium. This was the first dive since it had gone through a repair. Some tiny imperfection in that fiberglass, under thousands of pounds of pressure, and you’re fucked.
This is why real submarines are made out of steel.
On the plus side, it was probably a very quick death.
Even that is optimistic.
Your entire nervous system would be destroyed, before it could send signals to your brain in your skull which would also be crushed and unable to interpret those signals.
Everyone is focusing on the controller, which I don’t think was the issue here. Also they had spare controllers.
The issue is the hull was made out of fucking fiberglass and titanium. This was the first dive since it had gone through a repair. Some tiny imperfection in that fiberglass, under thousands of pounds of pressure, and you’re fucked.
This is why real submarines are made out of steel.
On the plus side, it was probably a very quick death.
I saw an estimation of 33 milliseconds. I also read that the brain takes about 150 milliseconds to register pain. They probably didn’t feel a thing.
Even that is optimistic. Your entire nervous system would be destroyed, before it could send signals to your brain in your skull which would also be crushed and unable to interpret those signals.
What a stupid way to die.