• SpaceBar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Some points:

    The occupants did not incinerate. The water temperature and the massive amount of water compared to the air would have overwhelmed any temperature spike from the implosion.

    There are no bodies. There is a good chance the occupants were reduced to small bits and jelly as they were ejected from the initial breach along with the air.

    They will never find any significant remains. The implosion happened 1.5 hours into a 2 hour descent. Any body parts that remained identifiable would have drifted far from where the largest and heaviest pieces of the submersible settled.

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      1 year ago

      I’m inclined to agree with you on this - sometimes, rumors get exaggerated.

      The Guardian article I linked above says the Coast Guard recovered “presumed human remains” - though I’d think it would be hard to recognize much of anything exposed to that much force. A few bits of snarge, I’m guessing.

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      1 year ago

      Any body parts that remained identifiable would have drifted far from where the largest and heaviest pieces of the submersible settled.

      They also would likely have been quickly consumed by sea fauna. Circle of life.