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Bland
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: I'm 'out there...'
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You know what could have happened though…
They heard a crack, and released ballast.
As they ascend, a small leak develops that floods the vessel and compressed the air inside the vessel. With a pressure differential of 5530 psi, a small leak can be pretty fast…
As they ascend further, the pressure inside the vessel becomes higher than the pressure outside the vessel.
At some point the pressure of the now compressed air inside the vessel is enough to blow the end off including all of the contents. Perhaps exploding the carbon fibre tube.
Mic drop.
Unless a now water laden vessel won’t float when atleast partially full of water.
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