The iceberg may have sunk the Titanic but it wasn't the root cause

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_80510.htm [Published: 11-Nov-04 | Permalink | Category: Science seen]
Theory that the Titanic was going full pelt through a known iceberg region that night because they had a smouldering fire in one of the coal bunkers. The only way to deal with such a fire in an 800 tonne pile is to use up the coal on top quicker than the fire spreads.

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