It turned out that he was doomed from the very beginning!
On the night of April 14 to 15, 1912, one of the largest marine disasters in the world occurred - the death of the Titanic. It seemed that over the past time we had learned the slightest details of the accident and learned all the reasons for the death of the liner. Nevertheless, the veil of another mystery was recently revealed.
A group of researchers led by Shannon Moloney for 30 years carefully studied the materials about the death of the Titanic and came to unexpected conclusions. It turned out that the main cause of the accident was not an iceberg!
In fact, the disaster was largely predetermined in advance. The thing is that even before the ship's departure, an event occurred that later played an important role in the crash.
When the Titanic left the construction works of Belfast, a fire broke out in one of its fuel storage facilities. The ship's captain was well aware of this problem, but he decided to deal with it independently because the prestige of the most luxurious ship of his time was at stake.
The crew fought the fire independently for several days, and when the Titanic arrived at the port of Southampton, it was moored to the shore by another side so that passengers could not see soot and charred paint.
Traces of soot are clearly visible in many photographs. But until this moment, no one paid any attention to the fire that happened, because the ship was on the move and seemed completely serviceable. Nevertheless, this circumstance soon зlayed a role ...
Because of the flame, the temperature inside the compartment reached 1 000 ° C! The metal of the ship lost its elasticity and became brittle. Under normal conditions, a collision with an iceberg would not have caused such fatal damage, but, unfortunately, the blow fell on the weakened place ...
"In fact, to the death of the liner resulted in a whole chain of monstrous accidents: poor visibility, ignoring the ice warning, speeding in the danger zone, the error of the watchman during maneuvering, the unfortunate angle of the collision ... And the place weakened by the fire, in which the blow fell, was the last Drop that drowned the ship, "- summed up Shannon Moloney.
Yes, this discovery teaches us that there are no trifles in the matter of security! And if the last discovery made an impression on you, tell your friends about it.