Corrected entry: When they are all huddled in the propeller shaft room, the rescue crew burns through the hull with a cutting torch. With the ship being upside-down, the pressure inside the hull would be tremendous. Not only that, when the first cut was made in the hull, the air would rush out and the water would quickly fill from the bottom seeing as they never shut a watertight hatch behind them.
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Correction: With the size of that hole the ship would not fill up instantly. It would fill up faster but only as fast as the air escaping the hole. The view of the ship shows that the hull is just about level, the back of the ship would drop down in the water and the air in the bow would not be able to escape.
Vernon Gilmore