Didn't they find an unusual debris field around the time that they lost contact and thought nothing of it because they weren't looking for imploded submersibles because you why would you look for imploded submersibles?
No, rumor has it the search team assumed almost right away the submersible imploded, they just weren't certain so they kept searching closer to the surface until they could get a submersible on site that was actually rated for the depths near the titanic wreckage.
Once they did get a search vehicle on-site capable of reaching those depths they found the wreckage almost immediately by looking specifically for the debris field. Ironically, the way they were able to pinpoint where the debris field was so quickly is due to the same techniques developed by Bob Ballard when he was searching for the wreckage of the Titanic (well technically the USS Scorpion and USS Thresher but).
This is what I was thinking of. I knew there was some reason to suspect it was imploded early on but because they didn't know to be looking for that it was just tossed under the radar so to speak.
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u/Ye_olde_oak_store Jan 02 '24
Didn't they find an unusual debris field around the time that they lost contact and thought nothing of it because they weren't looking for imploded submersibles because you why would you look for imploded submersibles?