Seven days after the sinking Motion_directional , Norwegian divers finally opened Openness a hatch to the escape Escaping trunk in the boat 's flooded Motion ninth compartment to find Know no survivors .

It collapsed Destroying the bulkheads between the first three compartments and all the decks , tore Destroying a large hole in the hull , destroyed Destroying compartments four and five , and killed Killing everyone still alive forward of the nuclear reactor in the fifth compartment .

Following salvage operations , analysts Scrutiny concluded Coming_to_believe that 23 sailors in the sixth through ninth compartments took Conquering refuge in the small ninth compartment and survived Preserving for more than six hours .

The crew compartment and many other vehicle fragments were eventually recovered Recovering from the ocean floor after a lengthy search Scrutiny and recovery operation .

The shuttle had no escape Escaping system , and the impact Influence of the crew compartment at terminal velocity with the ocean surface was too violent to be survivable .

Investigators who combed Scouring through the debris were confronted Confronting_problem with unusual evidence : the toilet and baggage compartment had been smashed Destroying into fragments .

Electrical wiring in the baggage compartment arced Motion , starting Process_start a fire .

The rapid decompression in the cargo hold caused Causation a partial collapse of the passenger compartment floor , which in turn jammed Motion or restricted Hindering some of the control Control cables , which led to Causation various flight control Control hydraulic actuators .