What happens exactly when a sub like Oceangate’s Titan implodes?

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How quickly does it happen? What kind of noise or other vibrations occur? Would occupants know as it was happening? What would be left? And all the other questions….

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The air (Oxygen specifically), and fuel source, in this case humans, would react much like a large diesel engine combustion chamber. The massive pressure wave from the implosion would cause a brief but incredibly powerful explosion from the auto ignition of fuel and oxygen.

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