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Complete speculation: They wanted to see something very very upclose through the glass. While getting in close they managed to scrap some wreckage compromising the carbon fiber body leading it to break and implode. The banging noises are some of the equipment dangling on the Titanic wreckage and blowing in underwater currents occassionally.

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They lost contact about 1¾ hours into the voyage, while it's expected to take 3 hours to get down to the Titanic wreck. From that, it sounds like they would be somewhere midway down.

I believe I read that they lost "communication" 1hr 45 in, but continued to receive data of some kind or something for a little while longer.

However, it sounds like they've had comms issues on most of their previous dives, so perhaps the 1hr 45 is just a red herring here.

>continued to receive data of some kind or something for a little while longer

The wireless Logitech controller was still in pairing mode.

The Titan wreck was found 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic, it was found on a smooth bottom of the sea floor, per the ongoing Coast Guard press release.

Sounds more like it imploded on the way down and the debris just kept going in about the same arch, landing 1600 feet from the titanic.

The last press conference today from the US Coast Guard stated that the evidence (debris spread over an area hundreds of meters away from the Titanic) is consistent with the catastrophic failure occurring somewhere in the "water column". So current evidence points to it occurring during the descent.

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