Assuming the vessel resisted enough for air to compress to the point of self-ignition. But looking at the photos it doesn’t seem to be the case. The innards do not look burned at all and in fact not so much damaged either.

The conspiracy minds out here are amazing. It’s crazy how fast people make up their own cannon for what happened because they simply cannot believe the truth

Probably not much considering it was dragged through a few miles of ocean before being removed

You personally? Probably about $5

Pretty sure they were basically vaporized and washed away by currents.

True, but with an asterisk. There have been examples of well engineered new materials proven to work in submarines. Deepsea Challenger utilized syntactic foam for a good portion of the body design. Difference being, that program thoroughly tested the materials for target depth and life cycle. Granted, the actual life…

The videos of the Oceangate team assembling the steel ring on the carbon fiber hull in an open warehouse (ie. no clean room) with no means of degassing the resin was the absolute true meaning of “cringe”. They were just slopping it on with their hands at one point. I completely understand why their peers were so…

Actually, the end cap is out there on the internet. Sorry for making people look at NY Post, but here is one clear shot:

I believe this is the first incident where people were crushed by an implosion at anything closet to that depth. Everything I’ve read seems to indicate that the victims were smashed into very small pieces very shortly after they were superheated by the heat of the friction. My guess is that there are some bone…

That’s what I was wondering.

Yeah, the metals used for submersibles are chosen for their suitability for the task.

I won’t be surprised if there are substantial pieces of the carbon fiber tube down there still. I imagine there are close to no good grab points on whatever is left. 

I’m sure there will still be some.  That’s probably what they heard banging around.

Speaking of which, shouldn’t they leave the pieces in place for future rich tourists to gawk at, just like the Titanic itself?

So I take it all of the pieces were encrusted with gore, hence the privacy sheets?

I’m guessing the tube gave way first and as it imploded the caps separated if not thrown away.

Found the problem:

I’m not seeing much pressure vessel here (don’t see end caps in these pix, but have seen those in other shots). On a very basic level, the carbon fiber structural construction should have raised concerns for anyone with experience or materials knowledge. Way before talking about the complexities of verification/certifi…

Will there ever be a dollar amount for how much all of this is costing me? 

I hate to bring up this morbid topic : I feel weird that no-one is talking about body remains. I am assuming there would be nothing left? 

How do they know those aren’t parts of the Titanic?