News Titanic Tours Submersible missing in atlantic ocean

I don’t get why there are no chairs. Glue some aluminum chairs to the wall or something.
 
My Spot said:


They use a $30 Logitech wireless PC controller.

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and the CEO of the company Stockton Rush says in that video "we're really focusing on the science around it". How disingenuous.
That's BS. They're doing it for the 750,000dollars or more in revenue each time it goes down with 3 paying passengers who pay at *least* US$250,000 per person per dive. (1 crew member is a 'wreck specialist' and 1 pilot, so 3 paying guests).

If anything went catastrophically wrong, I hope it was all over quickly for the crew. (as it would be if it lost pressure etc).
Worse would be a slow lingering 4 days death due to suffocation or hypothermia.

Either way, that's the end of Oceangate's Titanic passenger-funded dives, even if the crew is rescued (unlikely at this point).

I read earlier today that apparently the mothership DID receive some "emergency we are in trouble" ping from the Titan. That's been reported. So if that's true, the crew didn't die instantly but realized they were in trouble and managed to send a message top-side via whatever comms they have there on-board. Presumably this was on Sunday morning as it was apparent there was a problem only 1h45mins into the dive.
 
TTech said:
Whoa...that is frankly INSANE. No amount of rationalization or safety features makes that intelligent engineering. You barely achieve surface in emergency and then run out of air on top of water. FFS... Only reason that would make a lick of sense would be if the submarine was constantly cable attached and/or the host ability to reach it at any time as to open it from outside. Any other reason is bonkers.
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I imagine it'd be considerably more involved and expensive to design it as anything but a simple 2 piece hull which bolts together. I couldn't find any real construction details besides the pictures and the owner's spiel though.
I wonder if anyone will make a submarine to go and find the wreck of the submarine they made to go and look at the wreck of an old ship?
Unmanned of course...
 
Doughie99 said:
yes I agree -- either they'll get them all back to the surface alive, or all dead.

Personally I hold out very little hope for the 5 people on board.

They need :
1) another submersible that can reach those depths (13,000ft approx) on-site TODAY or at absolute latest tomorrow morning.
2) the 2nd submersible needs to be able to latch onto the first one somehow (unlikely capability) and drag it to surface or attach a very very long cable.
3) obviously for no.2 to happen they first need to find the exact location.

I'd say 90% probability they're already dead OR will die due to suffocation and/or hypothermia. If power has failed, it'll be extremely cold.

Note : IF one or more crew die before the others (heart attack / whatever) then this will obviously stretch the "hours of O2 remaining" for the remaining crew.
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Again, they might not have sank to the bottom. Could be on the seabed, ocean surface or anywhere in between, even if to us laymen, we assume they would sink.
 
My Spot said:


They use a $30 Logitech wireless PC controller.

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You couldn't pay me to go down in that thing, let alone have me pay anything for the risk.

I've been watching several reports on this, and the contingencies seem practically non existent. If they are at the bottom of the sea, I don't see how they can be rescued, what a shitshow.

As others have mentioned, imagine being so fascinated by the Titanic only to die a slow death beside it.
 
Doughie99 said:
and the CEO of the company Stockton Rush says in that video "we're really focusing on the science around it". How disingenuous.
That's BS. They're doing it for the 750,000dollars or more in revenue each time it goes down with 3 paying passengers who pay at *least* US$250,000 per person per dive. (1 crew member is a 'wreck specialist' and 1 pilot, so 3 paying guests).

If anything went catastrophically wrong, I hope it was all over quickly for the crew. (as it would be if it lost pressure etc).
Worse would be a slow lingering 4 days death due to suffocation or hypothermia.

Either way, that's the end of Oceangate's Titanic passenger-funded dives, even if the crew is rescued (unlikely at this point).

I read earlier today that apparently the mothership DID receive some "emergency we are in trouble" ping from the Titan. That's been reported. So if that's true, the crew didn't die instantly but realized they were in trouble and managed to send a message top-side via whatever comms they have there on-board. Presumably this was on Sunday morning as it was apparent there was a problem only 1h45mins into the dive.
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The CEO is one of the people on board.
 
One would think that for 250k a piece, the company would have a drone/remote controled submersible that would observe their descent for safety. Or at the very least maintain a communication open all the time that is not dependant on the submarines power. Its 2023, it shouldnt be a problem, if nothing else, dont they have range extenders like one has for wifi, only underwater to bounce and amplify the signal off.
 
Doughie99 said:
and the CEO of the company Stockton Rush says in that video "we're really focusing on the science around it". How disingenuous.
That's BS. They're doing it for the 750,000dollars or more in revenue each time it goes down with 3 paying passengers who pay at *least* US$250,000 per person per dive. (1 crew member is a 'wreck specialist' and 1 pilot, so 3 paying guests).

If anything went catastrophically wrong, I hope it was all over quickly for the crew. (as it would be if it lost pressure etc).
Worse would be a slow lingering 4 days death due to suffocation or hypothermia.

Either way, that's the end of Oceangate's Titanic passenger-funded dives, even if the crew is rescued (unlikely at this point).

I read earlier today that apparently the mothership DID receive some "emergency we are in trouble" ping from the Titan. That's been reported. So if that's true, the crew didn't die instantly but realized they were in trouble and managed to send a message top-side via whatever comms they have there on-board. Presumably this was on Sunday morning as it was apparent there was a problem only 1h45mins into the dive.
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One of the victims is a billionaire. Unless they pull off some kind of miracle rescue, Oceangate is getting sued into oblivion by his next of kin.
 
So if they’re locked tight inside and can’t open it, even if they resurface somehow running out of oxygen is still a problem?
 
KnightTemplar said:
One of the victims is a billionaire. Unless they pull off some kind of miracle rescue, Oceangate is getting sued into oblivion by his next of kin.
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I wonder if those waivers are actually any sort of protection at all?
 
Flower2dPeople said:
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never seen this movie but this scene looks amazing! hahahaha
Saw trailer for part 2...where he stops the meg from getting him on land by leg pressing its head, hahaha
 
MarloStanfield said:
How many hours has it been now?
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Submersible Titan launched at a reported "4am sunday morning".

IF that is 4am ET (not 100% sure as it's 600miles South East of Nova Scotia)) then Titan dive-time is now approx 54 hours.
(as at 9:45am today ET)
 
My Spot said:
The CEO is one of the people on board.
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aha ok, didn't know that.
Well..... I guess like Captain Edward Smith went down with his ship the 'Titanic', Mr Rush may well have suffered a similar fate in the 'Titan' 111years later, in the same location.

Fate loves irony.
 


Timestamped showing the complete lack of GPS and communication.

A few minutes before that is when they show the crew getting in and being bolted inside. 17 bolts secure the hatch, so it's not like there's just one of those little submarine turnstile things on the outside.
 
Doughie99 said:
Submersible Titan launched at a reported "4am sunday morning".

IF that is 4am ET (not 100% sure as it's 600miles South East of Nova Scotia)) then Titan dive-time is now approx 54 hours.
(as at 9:45am today ET)
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According to the Daily Mail - so take it with a Siberian mine's worth of salt - their air runs out at 12 noon GMT on Thursday.
 
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