Missing Titanic Submarine- new thread

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I see the first one is full, is there a new one?

He was one of the people on board the current dive, so no.

He can't speak out, because he is inside the submersible.

Thisisacoolusername that sounds like a better update

Considering he’s onboard… no.

We don't know what depth they are at, though.

embarrassing for me to have read numerous articles on it and didn't realise that he was on board somehow? I'll let him off the hook for not speaking out then.

Agreed. It's nice to see the occasional sensible posts amongst the class warrior nonsense.

OTOH - it brings money into the community and the country and provides employment.

Rich people have money. They are free to spend it on what they want. If they want to spend it on a submersible trip to see the Titanic or on space tourism, then that's their business.

The pollution at Everest is another thing though - and a separate conversation.

I don't, but my point is neither do you. You seemed rather certain about funding and resources.

Yes there's now murmers that they might be closer to the surface than initially thought.

I suspect (it's not that unusual with these very specific start ups) that we haven't heard much from the company because it's essentially a very charismatic and driven CEO with some very skilled technical engineers/people working for him. And probably somebody part time for payroll/admin.

If there's a problem and the CEO isn't there, there isn't really anybody that press and comments devolves too (and in this case, would you want to be saying anything?!).

*Agreed, and given some of the assets involved such as aircraft/ships would be flying/sailing anyway (for pure training purpose) I'm not sure how much extra any rescue/recovery attempt actually adds to the various coastguard and military budgets(

🤣🤣 I'm sorry but that is laughable

they must be found today or there's no chance of survival. Best hope is that they've come up somewhere and will be traced today. Looking very unlikely though.

Sigh. Research and development have to occur before operations. It's an ongoing cycle.

Used to be called passive sonar..

The aircraft version involves the aircraft dropping buoys equipped with microphones into the water. Unlike active sonar there is no "pinging" involved, these things just sit there listening to the noises in the ocean and sending the sounds back to the aircraft overhead for analysis.

Put buoys into the water in a known pattern and you may be able to pin down the location of any sounds of interest.

As are your posts. But still they appear. Alas.

Even if they do manage to locate the sub now, can they still survive? If they are at the bottom or tangled in titanic wreckage that would be a huge operation in itself.
They have heard banging, and I'm praying for a miracle, but it's very much against the clock now, or possibly even too late already even if they are still alive 😔
Their poor poor families too, just so awful beyond words for them.

I've been thinking about the door situation and I wonder if it's been done that way to stop anyone who is overcome by panic from trying to get out. All the accounts I've read of people who've done the trip say they struggled with the confinement at times. If someone starts freaking out and making a grab for the door, it could be catastrophic.

They're still human and at risk of things like sunk cost fallacy etc. like anyone else. See also JFK Jr's ill fated flight to Martha's Vineyard. They should never have flown in those circumstances but he was over confident and it cost his life and that of his wife and her sister. It happens.

they knew the risks, the risk of death is mentioned 3 times i read

No, it is done lilke that to make the vessel more able to withstand the pressure of the ocean waters.

yes the man speaking on the radio talked about the Hatch when he went down 20 years ago and how he would have stopped anyone from trying to escape through the hatch

I'd argue it's the opposite. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson – all idiots with money prepared to risk their lives for thrills.

If someone starts freaking out and making a grab for the door,

You would need superhuman strength to open a door against the pressure. pressure increases by one atmosphere every ten meters the sub goes down.

Quite. That's what money does to you. Makes you deadened to the normal thrills and spills of everyday life.