US medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed remains, the coast guard said.

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      It may seem grotesque or insensitive but this may actually be pretty interesting scientifically. I don’t think there’s been any recorded deaths from a sub imploding at this depth.

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        And carbon fiber is still a relatively new material. Finding out how it failed might mean learning new ways to make it stronger.

        They also need to analyze it to figure out why it failed to see if they can press any charges against the company.

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      Rich people die all the time, in hospitals. Nobody pays much attention.

      The reason an imploding sub is getting attention is that sub implosions don’t happen every day. There were no millionaires aboard the Kursk, but everybody was talking about it after it imploded.

      Tragedies on private subs are even more rare. When non-millionaire Kim Wall was murdered aboard the Nautilus, it got plenty of attention even though plenty of other people were murdered that day.