A new discovery has surfaced surrounding the world's most famous shipwreck. The Titanic's plunge to the ocean floor might have been faster than previously thought, say researchers.
Scientists once believed that the luxury liner broke into two main pieces--the bow and the stern. The bow is the front of the ship, and the stern is the back of the ship. The sinking was depicted that way in the 1997 movie Titanic.
The discovery of more wreckage suggests that the Titanic broke into three sections, causing the ship to sink more quickly than was previously thought. "The breakup and sinking of the Titanic has never been accurately depicted," says Titanic historian Parks Stephenson.
Fateful Voyage
On April 14, 1912, the luxury liner struck an iceberg on its very first voyage and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. Before the ship departed from Southampton, England, on its way to New York, it was hailed as "unsinkable." On that fateful April night, more than 1,500 people sank to their watery graves 2 miles below the ocean's surface.
In 1985, explorer Robert Ballard and his team discovered the wreck in two pieces. The wreck was found about 1,000 miles east of Boston, Massachusetts.
Quick Sinking
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