How Fast Did the Titan Submersible Implode

You've probably heard that the five

passengers on the Titan died

instantly,

but what does instantly really mean?

Let's break it down.

Your brain needs about

one hundred milliseconds to

process pain. Your eyes?

Around thirteen

milliseconds just to process an image.

The Titan?

It imploded in under one millisecond.

That's so fast, the human brain

never even had a chance to

know what happened.

Now imagine the depth. Twelve thousand five hundred feet below

the ocean's

surface.

Down there, pressure is three hundred eighty times higher than

at sea level,

like the weight of a skyscraper

pressing on every single inch of the sub.

If the hull fails, water doesn't trickle in.

It slams inward at supersonic

speeds, crushing everything instantly.

It's kind of like space, but reversed.

In space, if a ship breaks, air rushes out.

In the deep ocean, water rushes in, and

because water is eight

hundred times denser than air, the implosion is almost beyond

comprehension.

For the passengers, it wasn't fear or pain.

It was truly instant lights

out. No awareness, no suffering,

just gone.

A devastating tragedy,

but at least it was mercifully quick.