Anyone have any ideas as to how many people went down with the ship that were still alive? How far down could they have gone whilst still living? There must have been plenty of air pockets in the ship on the way to bottom...is it at all possible that any would have made it to the bottom whilst still alive?

Rich

No thats totally impossble! I know that around 1500 went down with the ship.

hmmmm never been asked that before, I would doubt it though eventually the air would run out, or water get to that area and the person would drown, or freeze to death, remember its still as cold deep if not colder. Also the water preasure even before the bottom is to high no human could survive, even 500 feet down, thats really pushing it.

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thats impossible

That's way past inpossible.

So that'll be a no then, will it?

I've often wondered about that as there are records of submariners surviving in extreme depths as their boat took it's final plunge.

OK, thanks all who replied.

Rich

If anyone survived (even in an air pocket) they wouldn't of made it very far down. The main reason is that the further down to the ocean floor, the more pressure there becomes. People would of been crushed as they went down.

good point i bet dat wuld be painful!

Around 289 (kitchen staff, mostly French and Italian) were herded into their cabins, E DECK AFT, and locked in. They died from pressure at around 200-300 feet.

What a totally grim concept! Clive Cussler had a fictional person
in the ship's safe; NOW that person probably would've survived
the collision with the ocean bottom and an hour or two after, but
there were probably few places where air could be trapped any
where else in the ship for more than a minute.