After the water gushed aboard and the boat split into two, there was nothing left that kept the boat afloat. The weight of water and gravity ultimately pulled the large cruiser to its watery doom.
Explanation: The immediate cause of RMS Titanic's demise was a collision with an iceberg that caused the ocean liner to sink on April 14–15, 1912. While the ship could reportedly stay afloat if as many as 4 of its 16 compartments were breached, the impact had affected at least 5 compartments.
