An incredible new scan has revealed new insights into what happened to the Titanic that sank over 113 years ago now, but which continues to reveal itself as the years go on. For the very first time, experts have been able to capture the first full view of the ship. The digital replica of the boiler room also confirms that the lights were still on when the ship was sinking, which is something some passengers have previously said, the BBC reports.
The scan shows that some of the boilers within the boiler room are curved inward, and a valve was also found open by the deck of the stern, which could prove that indeed the lights were still on at the time when the legendary ship sank into the depths of the North Atlantic Sea. Parks Stephenson told the BBC: “They kept the lights and the power working to the end, to give the crew time to launch the lifeboats safely with some light instead of in absolute darkness.
“They held the chaos at bay as long as possible, and all of that was kind of symbolised by this open steam valve just sitting there on the stern.”
A new simulation has also found fresh new details about the tragic event.
The computer simulation found that the damage spread to six compartments of the Titanic, caused by a glancing blow rather than a head on impact.
This caused a series of punctures or holes along a narrow section of the ship’s hull.
Simon Benson, from the University of Newcastle, told the BBC: “The difference between Titanic sinking and not sinking are down to the fine margins of holes about the size of a piece of paper.
“But the problem is that those small holes are across a long length of the ship, so the flood water comes in slowly but surely into all of those holes, and then eventually the compartments are flooded over the top and the Titanic sinks.”
New technologies like new mapping is helping find new clues into what exactly took place that day the Titanic sank all those years ago when it was supposed to be unsinkable.
