Since the inside of a floating structure
is divided into huge number of watertight compartments in comparison
with ordinary ships, for example, a floating airport of 500ha is
provided with more than 10,000 compartments vs 20 to 30 in case
of 300 thousands tons very large tankers, even in case of the several
compartments are flooded simultaneously by an accident, the floating
structure still has enough buoyancy with the remaining compartments
without damage, then the floating structure could not be recognized
to sink unless it would be intentionally sunk.
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