Full Titanic wreck site is mapped for 1st time
Researchers have pieced together what's believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 4.8 kilometre-by-8-kilometre Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened that fateful night 100 years ago.
(AP) Researchers have pieced together what's believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 4.8 kilometre-by-8-kilometre Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend.
Marks on the muddy ocean bottom suggest, for instance, that the stern rotated like a helicopter blade as the ship sank, rather than plunging straight down, researchers told The Associated Press this week.
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