Beyond the movie that marked us and made us all cry, the episode of the Titanic has always been one of the most mysterious and charming since its collapse in the Atlantic Ocean one night in April 1912.
A century has gone by and we keep thinking about the true reason for its collapse. To date and as narrated by the film, the catastrophe was caused by the collision with an iceberg. But a new theory suggests that it was caused by a fire.
Experts say there is enough evidence and weight to show that the liner suffered a fire weeks before his trip. The photographs prove it. Black marks of about nine meters on the right side of the front of the Titanic's hull. Just this part was the one that was destroyed with the collision against the iceberg.
Experts like Sean Moloney, who has been investigating the event for more than 30 years, explains that they are studying the exact area where it hit the iceberg:
"We are looking for the exact area where the iceberg was stuck and it seems that there was a weakness or damage to the hull in that specific place even before the ship left Belfast"
J.Bruce Ismay, el presidente de la empresa constructora del Titanic, no informó del incendio a los 2.500 pasajeros que viajarían en el transatlántico y además dio la orden para que la tripulación, que sí estaba al tanto, de que guardaran silencio.
Además en el puerto de Southampton, invirtieron la posición del barco en puesto de atraque para que los pasajeros no vieran los daños provocados por las llamas.
"Esto no es una simple historia de chocar con un iceberg y hundirse. Esto es una tormenta perfecta de factores extraordinarios que se unen: fuego, hielo y negligencia criminal", sostienen los investigadores.
Sea cual sea la teoría se confirma es que el Titanic se hundió por culpa de un factor humano.