A detailed analysis of a full-size digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the final hours of the ship that sank many years ago.
According to foreign media, the 3D video shows how the ship split in two as it sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, with 1,500 passengers losing their lives in the disaster.
The scan provides a new view of the boiler room, confirming eyewitness accounts that engineers worked until the end to keep the ship's lights on.
And a computer simulation also shows that holes in the hull the size of pieces of A4 paper led to the ship sinking.
"Titanic is the last surviving eyewitness to the disaster and she still has stories to tell," said Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst.
The scan was studied for a new documentary by National Geographic and Atlantic Productions called Titanic: The Digital Resurrection.
The sunken ship, which lies 3,800 meters down in the icy waters of the Atlantic, was mapped using underwater robots, writes A2 CNN.
More than 700,000 images, taken from every angle, were used to create the "digital twin", which was exclusively revealed to the world by BBC News in 2023.
Because the wreck is so large and lies in the darkness of the depths, exploring it with a submersible only reveals the fascinating views, but nothing more. The scan, however, offers the first full view of the Titanic.
But the essence of what remains is a pile of corroded metal. The damage was caused after the ship split in half. (A2 Televizion)
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