Video Shows What Deep-Sea Implosion Does to Human Body
By: Jessica Orwig (Business Insider)
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Typical diving suits are pressurized so the diver doesn't have to worry about decompression sickness when they resurface. But if something goes wrong with the suit's pressurization, it could be catastrophic for the diver.
To understand what exactly would happen to a diver in this bleak situation, TV show hosts Jessi Combs, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara conducted a science experiment for season 7, episode 19, of "Mythbusters," according to Newsweek.
They created a human-shaped mannequin from pig parts. The meat dummy came complete with bones, muscle, fat, skin, and a midsection of guts. Then they put the mannequin in an old diving suit and sunk it 300 feet underwater, where the pressure is about nine times great than at sea level.
The Twitter account ChudsofTikTok recently resurfaced the clip from the episode in an attempt to conceptualize what may have happened to the Titan passengers who were recently reported dead after their submersible likely imploded during its descent to the Titanic wreck site.
However, it's worth noting that the passengers were not wearing diving suits and they were likely much deeper than 300 feet when the submersible was thought to have imploded — meaning the implosion that the faux meat mannequin experiences in the "Mythbusters" experiment is probably much slower than what the Titan passengers may have experienced. They likely died within milliseconds.
In the clip below, the rapid change in air pressure once the air supply is cut forces most of the suit's meaty contents into the helmet as the suit itself collapses inward. Warning: seeing the process unfold is a gruesome sight.
—ChudsOfTikTok (@ChudsOfTikTok) June 22, 2023
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I probably shouldn't post this and probably not in good taste.
It is also kinda graphic.
yikes.
The Twitter vid at link. Not for the squeamish.
It's okay. The thing to remember is at some early point the body would shut off sensation anyway. That said, I wish anything like this had not been the fate of those men. My ideas of how this (implosion) might have occurred involved being crushed in a can or somehow it shrank down and a loud "bang" was heard (because military devices registered a deepwater loud noise). Though, I am curious what in the implosion would have caused the 'noise' loud enough to be reportable.
Incidentally, the video implies these people body parts may be emulsified and specifically dispersed as "meat product" for the lifeforms living in the deep. And since they were not suited up from head to toe, chunks of their bodies may have floated around and away. . . .
Saw the original episode when it aired, pretty catastrophic results.
The good of this is that the passengers probably were alert and intrigued with the dive and then a few milliseconds later were gone. Much better than lingering for days waiting to be rescued before finally dying from asphyxiation.
The men and women who brave the Deep must always remember to treat its wonderland with respect and to count the cost of the many souls contained within it. Honor to the brave souls lost in the Deep everywhere!
"A Shipwreck in Stormy Seas" by Claude-Joseph Vernet
It is not the same and yet still it is, isn't it?
Today, we remember those men and women who have their wreaths placed on the waters above the Deep.
You would think these kind of subs would have like some kind of tracking device.
I think it did since they lost the signal (when it imploded). Apparently the device was not robust enough to withstand destruction of the vessel.
Oh, thanks. It should be law that they have to have some kind of black box or something.
Yep. But it has been suggested and written about that this CEO ran his 'property' like the wild-west of deep sea crafts. Can you hear the outrage from those who insist that freedom is what he had and it is worth dying for if he had been compelled by "big government" to regulate his craft?
I hate to go 'there' with the politics, but several people warned him about the quantity of his adventures and the potential vulnerability (limits) of the material life of his craft.
I haven’t heard those, who have you heard?
Did the passenger waiver include, “This experimental vessel has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body.”?
Regulations on experimental devices are tricking, how much do the regulators know about the innovative technologies? Have must deep sea submersibles accidents been due to technology or operational error? Regulations did save early jet pilots or astronauts,
Perhaps we should withhold judgment until the investigations learn some facts and makes some assumptions,
Yeah but if they are charging people and making it a commercial venture, there should be regulations on such things.
It seems to me that deep sea submersibles are at about the same place as experimental aviation was 70 years ago.
Since the vessel doesn’t sail into or out of ports and operates in international waters, there isn’t much regulation. Also, the market is very small now for these kind of operations.
If people want to experiment and take on risk themselves, fine. Charging people for a joyride on unproven vessels is a different thing Imo.
Just when you think that Stockton Rush and OceanGate Expeditions, couldn’t sink any lower…
I am not dealing with the passenger 'list' shortcomings and lack of profound considerations in my comment. I am STRICTLY addressing the public comments by former partner/s, business associates, fellow deep sea travelers of this owner of the craft. Even James Cameron weighed in on this Oceangate CEO's (now deceased) lack of proper respect for safety regulations/practices through certifications. (Check out their stories on your own.)
It is coming out now that the CEO of Oceangate said shady things about certifying his craft as 'taking away from the adventure spirit and 'speedy' sense of exploration.' (Loosely paraphrased.) You can look up the actually quote using what I have stated.
Though there were waivers signed, a maritime lawyer just this Sunday evening was telling a CNN anchor Michael Homes the company WILL be hit with several lawsuits-likely due to a disregard for not only proper certification protocols but giving 'guests' false expectations of his product's achievements and future.
I agree. I'd bet, and I am not being funny as there is nothing humorous about this, the 'guests' onboard the vessel would like some regulations (now) too! As they only had one life to live and finish living. Big regrets all around. These people probably did not deserve death in this manner!
Who should make these regulations and of what kind?
That's why there were waivers explaining the dangers...which they willingly signed.
Same thing goes for experimental aircraft and those rocket trips for hire.
Orville and Wilbur wouldn't have got far if there were a bunch of rules and regulations they had to follow.
You all don't listen do you.
What organization, US or International, should develop these regulations to cover what? Why haven't they already?
Not playing your games.