Titanic’s first ever 3D scan reveals details of doomed ship’s final hours
What the 3D scan of the Titanic reveals about the doomed ship
- A 3D scan of the Titanic reveals new details about its sinking, confirming that engineers worked until the very end to keep the lights on.
- The scan, created from over 700,000 images taken by underwater robots, shows a porthole likely smashed by the iceberg, corroborating survivor accounts.
- It also indicates that small punctures across a long length of the hull, rather than a single large gash, led to the flooding and sinking.
- The scan reveals that the ship's boilers were still operational and steam was still flowing to the electricity system, suggesting engineers were working until the final moments.
- The wreck is deteriorating rapidly and could disappear within 40 years.
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