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4000+ meters.
So twice this depth would be very challenging for an aluminum tube....

"The pressure increases about one atmosphere for every 10 meters of water depth. At a depth of 5,000 meters the pressure will be approximately 500 atmospheres or 500 times greater than the pressure at sea level. That's a lot of pressure."
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