Titanic sub; what is the water pressure at the site of the Titanic wreckage as investigation begins?

What was the atmospheric pressure at the wreckage of the RMS Titanic that led to the Titan submersible imploding?

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Investigations continue regarding the doomed voyage of OceanGate’s Titan submersible, after the U.S Coast Guard announced the discovery of a field of debris linked to the Titan, with the presumption all five members on board, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, have died after a "catastrophic implosion."

While Elon Musk has compared allegations of Starlink involvement to that of “psy op” missions in the few comments made on Twitter about the missing submersible, rescue efforts now face two problems as oxygen levels run out. How to supply the oxygen at such a depth and the state of the Titan submersible due to remaining in a deep part of the ocean with continued water pressure pushing against the vessel.

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Should the gentlemen inside receive the oxygen they need, could Henri-Paul’s clanging on the submersible cause structural damage that would allow at that depth the psi (pounds per square inch) to crush the vessel like a tin can? Though the submersible has made two prior trips before to the area, they were not sustained expeditions that the five have found themselves in on this occasion.

To put the sheer pressure of the water at that depth into perspective, Peopleworld looked at the most powerful jaws in the animal kingdom and compared those to the recorded psi levels at the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, and even the own pressure humans exude from biting.

A comparison between the pressure exerted at the wreckage of the RMS Titanic compared to that exerted by the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom (Credit: OceanGate Inc)A comparison between the pressure exerted at the wreckage of the RMS Titanic compared to that exerted by the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom (Credit: OceanGate Inc)
A comparison between the pressure exerted at the wreckage of the RMS Titanic compared to that exerted by the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom (Credit: OceanGate Inc)

The pressure at that depth is 1,000 psi more than the biting strength of a Nile Crocodile, which has the strongest psi in the animal kingdom. Alternatively, you could look at the pressure on the bodies of the five men that are at that depth as comparable to the biting strength of four Jaguars. 

The concern however isn’t just the water pressure at the wreckage, but also the area itself; as opposed to a simple bit from one area (the jaws of said animals), but the atmospheric pressure as a whole ranges between 375 to 400 according to PSB. That means that no matter where the men are removed to, there is still that constant atmosphere with that strength of psi to contend with.

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