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AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Everything cracks under pressure, I'm not exactly sure what the above commenter is getting at. If the sub was steel the walls would be thinner. With titanium the walls are thicker. Without knowing the dimensions of the material we can't know whether it was built to high enough standards.