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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's an empty or near-empty fuel tank, it's going to float, whether the inside is a vacuum or pressure is equalized with a gas.

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the "object" in the picture is not sealed, or doesn't appear to be.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hard to say what's inside what we can see, but if nothing else the upper visible part must have been intact and enough air still in it to keep it buoyant.