An example of a comparison with an everyday referent to offer scale:
"You mentioned the pressure, what was it 4930 psi?* If we put that in the context that you might better understand it, it's like having 2 SUVs, the weight of 2 SUVs, standing on an area the size of a postage stamp."
Jonathan Amos (science correspondent) talking to the item 'final report into Titan sub implosion released' on BBC News channel (15.05, 5th August 2025).
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* "Subsequent to the implosion, the individuals aboard TITAN were subjected to approximately 4,930 psi, resulting in the instantaneous death of all five occupants."
United States Coastguard (2025) Report of the Marine Board of Investigation Into the Implosion of the Submersible TITAN (CG1788361) in the North Atlantic Ocean Near the Wreck Site of the RMS TITANIC Resulting in the Loss of Five Lives on June 18, 2023, §6.1.2, p.321,
* This is about 3.4 ╳ 107 Pa, that is 34 MPa, in scientific units – or about 340 times the atmospheric pressure at sea level.
