Titanic The Hidden Evidence

This is the story of a tenacious US Senator who discovers it was much more than an iceberg that sunk the Titanic. Learn what really happened to the Titanic and Senator William Alden Smith's determined effort to expose the truth about it. This fast-paced, narrative non-fiction account uses actual recorded dialog, testimony and draws heavily from firsthand accounts of survivors. The author, aerospace engineer John H Wickman, established a reputation for finding the cause of engineering failures by investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger accident and other high profile cases. The book is based on 8 years of research that drew on eyewitness accounts, official testimony, newspaper stories, photographs, and videos of the wreckage, as well as analyses of the Titanic's design to provide the most accurate and complete picture of what caused the accident. The book reveals startling evidence that the collision with an iceberg did not lead to the Titanic's sinking; rather it was a series of subsequent explosions. The initial damage to the Titanic was minimal enough for the ship to have remained afloat for at least 24 hours. Unfortunately, electrical power flowed to the submerged sections of the ship and converted seawater into hydrogen and chlorine gas by electrolysis (See a demonstration on YouTube). It was only a matter of time until a spark or flame ignited the hydrogen gas causing an explosion that blew a hole in the ship's side. New revelations include: 1) The Titanic sailed to America with unfinished rooms, missing equipment and watertight doors that did not always close, 2) The Titanic's senior wireless operator saw an iceberg 10 minutes before the accident as he delivered the Californian's last ice message to the bridge, 3) The Titanic was already turning away from the iceberg when the lookout called the bridge to report an iceberg, and 4) The Titanic was only going half speed or less at the time of the accident, not full speed as widely believed.