The ship's forward flight deck collapsed and part had to be cut away before the carrier could proceed to Yokosuka for repairs.

When the bow section hit the sea bed, the weakened decks at the rear, where the ship had broken apart, collapsed on top of each other.

All of a sudden the floor opened up - the deck just collapsed.

There came a screeching roar, more like a wail, as the interior decks collapsed.

The wreck remains largely in one piece, although the upper deck has collapsed.

"The two upper decks have collapsed," he murmured as if conversing in a church.

The decks at the rear end of the bow section, which had already been weakened during the break-up, collapsed one atop another.

We've already seen firsthand what that area's like; every deck on the ship collapsed downward, creating a slanted roof.

The deck was collapsing - there was even a note taped to the glass door warning people not to walk on it.

There were concerns that the top decks of some of the oldest trams may collapse.