• MotoAsh@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The final crush, yes, but they were having troubles on the descent. They dropped weights and were attempting an emergency ascent, but the sub wasn’t raising as fast as it should’ve. Meaning, the sub was either taking on water or shrinking in size (minor hull failure/deformation) loooong before the CF popped off the dome and poof.

    • Zannsolo@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      If they weren’t ascending at the right speed it was a motor failure. The hull was fiberglass it can’t deform, it can get cracks and hold or fail. The scary stuff leading up to failure would be loud sounds coming from the hull.

    • Hadriscus@jlai.lu
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      Yea, I remember the final text said something like “dropped two weights”