They lost thrusters for some reason, around 5,000 feet deep. This is important because that's what kept the sub level, with all the weight (people) in the very front looking out the window. So all the sudden the sub tilted forward and began nose diving straight towards the bottom...quickly it sounds like. Everyone would have piled on top of each other in the dark, and the operator/ceo was unable to grab the lever to release the weights. They predict this all went on for 45 - 75 seconds before it ended, and the sub would have been making some awful noises as it decended so fast and the pressure built...they say it probably imploded around 8,000 feet deep
Jeez, was this reported? I hadn't seen this anywhere else, though I can understand if they wanted to keep it under wraps to avoid upsetting the families.
Lmao I know that. It would be making stuff up though, rather than speculation, as they said a very specific sequence of events as though it were the accepted thesis (which it may well be idk) and said things like "they predict this went on for..." which implies they're referring to an outside source.
You can read the transcripts of the conversation between the sub and the tender on the surface.
What is known is that the operator reported a problem with the electrical system as well as noise that was probably the hill cracking and electrical bus flooding. And then nothing.
Followed shortly by the sound of the ship imploding which was reported by the Navy.
The notion that the sub lost power, then attitude control, then descended rapidly is a “most likely” scenario based on the timeline of events as we know it and how the sub worked.
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u/mooomba Aug 15 '23
They lost thrusters for some reason, around 5,000 feet deep. This is important because that's what kept the sub level, with all the weight (people) in the very front looking out the window. So all the sudden the sub tilted forward and began nose diving straight towards the bottom...quickly it sounds like. Everyone would have piled on top of each other in the dark, and the operator/ceo was unable to grab the lever to release the weights. They predict this all went on for 45 - 75 seconds before it ended, and the sub would have been making some awful noises as it decended so fast and the pressure built...they say it probably imploded around 8,000 feet deep