In a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean containing air pockets, would you die from jumping in the water due to water pressure?

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I’ve attached an image here, to further illustrate the scenario. Imagine that the wreck is at the bottom of the Marianas trench, 10km underwater.

Would jumping into the water kill you from the pressure? Or would it only kill you if you swam to where there is no cover on the right side of the wreckage?

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Thank you for all the answers! Does that mean that regardless of whether there’s an air pocket or not, there would be no conceivable way of being alive in the air pocket without some sort of depressurized suit protecting you?

And as an extension, if you took a submarine, and slowly went down to the bottom of the ocean, if the submarine was theoretically able to withstand infinite pressure, would you die the instant you got out of the submarine into the air pocket, due to the air in the air pocket already being so pressurized? Would it make a difference if you very slowly opened the hatch, or would you die either way?

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