News Titanic Tours Submersible missing in atlantic ocean

SalvadorAllende said:
What an awful way to die.
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It's a bit ironic in a horrific way. Passengers on the Titanic would've met a similar fate with their loved ones awaiting their inevitable fate, although much quicker. The father on the vessel will have watched his son panicking, crying, and so on. Knowing that he got him into this mess for days before they would've died. I guess perhaps they would've had/would have the hope of rescue.

I hope the vessel collapsed and it was relatively quick. Although that seems like one of the less likely outcomes.
 
Thrawn33 said:
Ever notice how a vast many luxury mega yachts and cruise ships aren't US Flagged vessels?
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Ok... and in this circumstance was it a mega yacht or cruise ship that transported the submarine to the area to be dropped?

(By the way, I'm not trying to start an argument, just having a polite discussion)

Thrawn33 said:
Ever wonder why..? Or why casino cruises only start playing when they reach international waters?
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Well yeah, so they're not subject to the states, or territory's laws.

But at the same time, its not like someone can commit murder on a yacht in international waters and expect to not be tried for murder.
 
GearSolidMetal said:
But at the same time, its not like someone can commit murder on a yacht in international waters and expect to not be tried for murder.
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Correct.
2 (possibly 3) conmen have committed criminal negligence against two suckers for a handsome profit.
That’s why there is an investigation and a search.
 
GearSolidMetal said:
Ok... and in this circumstance was it a mega yacht or cruise ship that transported the submarine to the area to be dropped?

(By the way, I'm not trying to start an argument, just having a polite discussion)



Well yeah, so they're not subject to the states, or territory's laws.

But at the same time, its not like someone can commit murder on a yacht in international waters and expect to not be tried for murder.
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What?!
 
Out of curiosity, does anyone have any grasp of how the decompression process would work for a situation like this assuming the find the vessel at the bottom and can bring it up. They would have been sitting at 13000 feet for 3 days. I don't have any idea how that would work. But I'm assuming they could not just come straight up and open the thing.
 
I’d assume they’d have minimal food and beverage on hand?
 
I wonder if anyone down there has a watch? Phones will have run out of battery, and if you're in a pitch black freezing-cold tube with no means of telling how long you've been down there... I can imagine that's another terrifying thing to add on. You wouldn't even know if you were truly still alive with no cues for day/night
 
cooks1 said:
Out of curiosity, does anyone have any grasp of how the decompression process would work for a situation like this assuming the find the vessel at the bottom and can bring it up. They would have been sitting at 13000 feet for 3 days. I don't have any idea how that would work. But I'm assuming they could not just come straight up and open the thing.
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The exterior is supposed to be incompressible. So I'm not sure what you mean. The interior wouldn't be affected.
 
Sara said:
And it’s estimated they’ll run out of air Friday?
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Sooner than that. Sometime on Thursday.
Sara said:
I’d assume they’d have minimal food and beverage on hand?
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I honestly doubt they have any food. It's not supposed to be that long of a trip and space is minimal for some kind of little snack bar. Each one might have brought a bottle of water with them just to have something but I think it's a fair assumption that they have absolutely nothing
 
Evbo said:
I wonder if anyone down there has a watch? Phones will have run out of battery, and if you're in a pitch black freezing-cold tube with no means of telling how long you've been down there... I can imagine that's another terrifying thing to add on. You wouldn't even know if you were truly still alive with no cues for day/night
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They might have flash lights?
 
Sara said:
How long have they been down there?
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currently about 80.5hours. That's 3 days and 8.5hours.

Sub launched 4am on Sunday morning and .... not sure if that;s 4am ET buit it's prob only maximum 1 hour off USA ET (site is Western Atlantic, relatively close to Canada and USA eastern seaboard -- approx 370miles from Canadian land).
 
Nigelbro said:
Correct.
2 (possibly 3) conmen have committed criminal negligence against two suckers for a handsome profit.
That’s why there is an investigation and a search.
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Exactly. And that's why it shouldn't be hard, or expensive, for regulations to be enforced on the companies in North America with the means to offer such deep sea tourist expeditions to the Titanic.

For other international corporations I can imagine it being more difficult.

But as for those investigations, the civil and criminal consequences will be used to set an example that no company would want to risk it happening to them.
 
Doughie99 said:
currently about 80.5hours. That's 3 days and 8.5hours.

Sub launched 4am on Sunday morning and .... not sure if that;s 4am ET buit it's prob only maximum 1 hour off USA ET (site is Western Atlantic, relatively close to Canada and USA eastern seaboard -- approx 370miles from Canadian land).
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And they estimated 90ish hours right?
 
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