TITANIC: Something we know and we don't know...

When we heard Titanic we will flash back to 1997-1990 when all that unforgettable romantic scenes in the best movie directed by James Cameron come to our mind. But did you know history behind Titanic?

RMS Titanic  was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,502 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history.

The question now is "Why did the Titanic hit the iceberg?"

Some facts said there were 6 ice warnings received by Titanic on the day of the collision. They were all ignored by the wireless operator who was preoccupied with transmitting passenger messages. So when this facts burst around the worlds all people said that this tragedy was Edward Smith (the Captain of Titanic at that time) fault. At that time the Titanic was traveling 22.5 knots while cruising through iceberg laden waters,  just 5 knot from her maximum speed capability. 

Source: http://www.eszlinger.com/titanic/titanfacts.html

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