This dropping motion of the superstructure sections pulls the stern violently into the air with four sharp explosions, the lights go out and many believe that the ship dived to her watery grave right there and then. The bow section breaks off and starts its descent to the ocean floor. The third funnel is knocked aft as the deck drops, hitting the deck near the engine room skylight, this breaks the two tower sections apart, the forward floating for a moment or so and the aft barely hanging onto the starboard side of the stern section superstructure. Said section settles back as a cloud of smoke billows from the uptake of the third funnel. The stern section slowly lists over to port as it begins sinking again. It rises up again and pivots in a semicircle as it sinks. The ship was at an angle of 14–18 degrees when her lights went out at 2:18. The ship suddenly snapped in two pieces, sending the sinking stern falling slowly into the water. Water surged into the bow and stern of the ship through the huge cracks, causing the bow to sink below the waves. The double bottom, still attached to both parts, pulled the stern to an angle of 6 degrees. Once at 6 degrees and the double bottom detached, the stern went vertical at 90 degrees and plunged. Titanic breaking in half in the 1997 movie. The ship was at an angle of 45 degrees when her lights went out at 2:18AM.
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