The recent tragedy of the Titan submersible bore striking parallels to one of the most widely read novels about life at sea.
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The recent tragedy was an outlier; deep-diving submersibles have an outstanding safety record.
Deep underwater, the Titan submersible would have been crushed in less than a second once a defect cracked the hull.
An expert explains some of the best and worst case scenarios facing the missing commercial watercraft.
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Professor, Australian Centre for Field Robotics; Director of the Digital Sciences Initiative, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Ocean Exploration and Science Communication, University of Southampton
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Foundation Professor of Environmental Humanities, Arizona State University
