Could there have been survivors inside the Titanic after it sank?

The British ocean liner RMS Titanic is undoubtedly one of the most famous ships in history due to the story of its sinking.

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The RMS Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on the night of April 14-15, 1912. About 1,500 people died in this sinking, making it the deadliest such incident of its time, though not in history, a place held by a German ocean liner, the Wilhelm Gustloff, sunk on January 31, 1945, by a Soviet submarine, a tragedy that resulted in between 8,800 and 9,300 deaths.

The wreck of the RMS Titanic was discovered on September 1, 1985, during an expedition led by American oceanographer Robert Ballard. The ship lies at a depth of 3,784 meters (12,200 feet) on the North Atlantic Ocean, with the stern section separated from the rest of the hull, having been severed during the sinking.

One of the doubts that many have had for years is the following: Could there have been survivors inside the ship after it sank? This question arises from the possibility that these survivors were in some part of the ship where they could take advantage of an air bubble, because the RMS Titanic had a compartmentalized hull, which is why its sinking was relatively slow compared to other ships that suffered a collision that ended up sending them to the bottom of the sea.

A news story from a few years ago fuels this remote possibility: In May 2013, a Nigerian, Harrison Okene, was rescued from a sunken tugboat, the Jascon 4, after spending 60 hours inside, thanks to an air bubble in the hull. However, in that case the ship was only 30 meters from the surface, so the effects of the pressure were much less than in the case of the Titanic.

Any survivors on the British ocean liner would have met a gruesome but swift death, due to an implosion. In fact, some survivors of the RMS Titanic claimed to have heard explosions after it sank. Perhaps it was the boilers or compartments of the ship imploding due to pressure. A few days ago, Historic Travels published an interesting video analyzing this possibility from a technical and scientific point of view:

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