The only chance of stopping that was to blow the main ballast tanks.
The space between the double-hull is used for ballast tanks.
"It looks like the ballast tank is hung up on a beam."
The only other choice is filling ballast tanks with oxygen.
Based on other reported issues, there many also have been problems with the air lines supplying the ballast tank.
The differences can especially be seen in empty ballast tanks.
They go into an air vent which leads to the ballast tanks.
Once that's done she can blow the ballast tanks and stay on the surface.
This seems to be the first approach to the modern ballast tank.
At that moment, the ballast tanks flooded without any apparent reason.
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