Book by metallurgists blames rivets for Titanic tragedy

April 19th, 2008 By CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press Writer Book by metallurgists blames rivets for Titanic tragedy (AP)

This April or May 1911 photo provided by the Library of Congress, shows the hull of the S.S. Titanic. under construction in dry dock. The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)

(AP) -- The tragic sinking of the Titanic nearly a century ago can be blamed on low grade rivets that the ship's builders used on some parts of the ill-fated liner, two experts on metals conclude in a new book.

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superhuman - Apr 19, 2008
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Looks like everyone has their own theory what sank the Titanic, mine is that it was iceberg.
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dse471 - Apr 19, 2008
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Yeah, right. An iceberg can't sink a ship! What are you talking about!? :|
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Sirussinder - Apr 19, 2008
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It was the drunk captain! Full steam ahead, night, with no radar back then, through an ice field with no charts. Play the music and keep filling the glass, we are unsinkable!
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MikeMarianiMD,FAAP - Apr 19, 2008
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The comment by Sirussinder makes the most sense. To dredge up an event from more than 100 years ago to pretend to write a scientific treatise is fatuous. I will now shut up.
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bmcghie - Apr 19, 2008
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You can't blame the captain. Everyone knows icebergs are scared of loud music and bright lights (like those on deck)! Clearly the odds of a lone straggler in the herd failing to get out of the way in time were astronomically small! /sarcasm
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