Why the Titanic Really Sank — The Rules That Doomed 1,500 People
Below the WaterlineOn the night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank in under three hours, killing around 1,500 people. Everyone knows the iceberg. But here's what most people miss: the Titanic broke no law of its day. It actually carried more lifeboats than the regulatio