News Titanic Tours Submersible missing in atlantic ocean

[Doughie99]

According to skynews, debris found includes :
'Landing frame and rear cover' found at debris field in hunt for missing sub

so that's pretty much it. I bet the "rear cover" in the report is one of the titanium end-caps. or maybe it's the fiber-glass part near the tail of the sub.

EDIT:
from skynews :
In the last few moments, we heard from a rescue expert that the debris found in the search for Titan was "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible".

David Mearns told Sky News that the rear cover is the "pointy end of it" called the "fairing" and that the landing frame is what the sub "sits on".

He added: "If the faring is off and the frame is off - then something really bad has happened to the entire structure."

 

[HereticBD]

I wonder why he didn't want to do the scan tests. They can't be that expensive in the grand scheme. It's baffling why he went so cheap on a bespoke piece of equipment where you'd think they'd spare no expense. It makes me suspect OceanGate was possibly hoping to market this cheap submersible design to the general public (rich guys with yachts).

Since the CEO was willing to put his money where his mouth is and believe in the project to the point of risking his own life, I'm gonna assume he looked at regulatory bodies as his enemies, who were trying to bury his vision. He's also likely a narcissist who thought he knew more than they did.

The actual goal of Ocean Gate was deep sea exploration and reaching unexplored parts of the ocean, with their experimental vessels. They funded their "research" dives in part with the money they make from these "tourist" dives. They were essentially trying to evolve deep sea exploration. That was their long term goal anyways. Not sure how the old the company is, and if they ever did anything other than this.

 

[ralphc1]

Logitech is always ahead of its time. I have their Harmony remote and it turns on/off all of my entertainment devices at once.

Not surprised it’s using for Titanic expedition at all.

Running electrical wiring into a submersible pressure vessel has always been a possible point of failure so I can understand why it was designed with the electrical systems to be controlled via Bluetooth. That could have allowed the computer to be put in fluid filled case that was under water pressure. The carbon fiber hull allowed radio signals to pass through thus solving the problem of a pressure tight electrical connection.

 

[ModernMatt]

I saw a tweet on twitter from Logitech saying that their controllers are for gaming and not for submarines. So you know now in the future there is going to be a warning on their product indicating that it is for gaming use only.

This is why we see weird odd warnings and cautions on products. Like remember that woman who used gorilla glue as hair gel?

 

[13Seconds]

According to skynews, debris found includes :
Landing frame and rear cover' found at debris field in hunt for missing sub"

so that's pretty much it. I bet the rear cover os one of the titanium end-caps.

Props for the crew. This has been a relentless hunt that paid off.

I've been invested in this thing and was ready to accept that nothing would be found for atleast a year.

 

[LEWIS540]

Earlier in the thread everyone was taking that 'banging on the side of the submarine every 30 minutes as an S.O.S' as true, and it was only a matter of time before the search finds the submarine in tact.

I was the ONLY one of the opinion I though it imploded, they're all dead, and these 'banging' stories are deception used by the media to figure out to keep tens of millions of viewers glued to their TVs.

I'll wait for official confirmation before I gloat.

I'll wait for the confi

The only one? LOL.

So your baseless guess happened to be the one scenario which turned out to be somewhat accurate.

I bet you knew “Covid was a hoax” from the start and you have a foolproof way to win at roulette, too!!!!

You’re great.

 

[ralphc1]

By "crack open" I meant open an air tight seal that is expected to open. As an example...

However, given that the thing is believed to have imploded now, I would venture to say that thing was definitely not strong enough to submerge...

I suspect the end cap was bolted on to add to the overall rigidity of the structure.

 

[The Clinch]

Some Mythbusters:

Spoiler

That one geek gets off on it a little too much.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

The US Coast Guard says a debris field has been found near the Titanic as rescuers search for missing submersible Possible implosion.

So are they basically starting to hint that the debris field they found is the sub?

Debris field found by Coast Guard near Titanic.

They wouldn't be holding a press conference to announce they found a bunch of unrelated trash. It imploded.

Earlier in the thread everyone was taking that 'banging on the side of the submarine every 30 minutes as an S.O.S' as true, and it was only a matter of time before the search finds the submarine in tact.

I was the ONLY one of the opinion I though it imploded, they're all dead, and these 'banging' stories are deception used by the media to figure out to keep tens of millions of viewers glued to their TVs.

I'll wait for official confirmation before I gloat.

 

[Doughie99]

Props for the crew. This has been a relentless hunt that paid off.

I've been invested in this thing and was ready to accept that nothing would be found for atleast a year.

was found by a Canadian ROV (Remotely Operate Vehicle) by a company called "Pelagic Research Services (PRS) ".

(edited to correct error)

 

[lsa]

Earlier in the thread everyone was taking that 'banging on the side of the submarine every 30 minutes as an S.O.S' as true, and it was only a matter of time before the search finds the submarine in tact.

I was the ONLY one of the opinion I though it imploded, they're all dead, and these 'banging' stories are deception used by the media to figure out to keep tens of millions of viewers glued to their TVs.

I'll wait for official confirmation before I gloat.

congrats on gloating over people died the way you thought..
Must be a great win for you.

 

[Brom Bones]

Let's get real here. These people have probably been dead before anyone ever heard about this whole thing. It's interesting in a "Malaysian flight 370" way, but the simplest explanation is probably the most likely. The damn thing got crushed and everyone dieded immediately.

 

[MicroBrew]

One of the worst ideas or designs for the this submersible is NOT having a built-in escape hatch that can be accessed from a rescue vessel in the deep depths. It may not have mattered in this case if the sub imploded but still a terrible idea.

Even worse was to bolt the end-cap from the outside. If they had made it to the surface they are still going to die unless someone finds them in time. Just rather unbelievable Stockton and the company never figured this thing could be floating far from the mother ship, with the mother ship not knowing where it is, so there needed to be a way for the occupants to get out without help.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Is it too soon to add this to one of OceanGate CEO's interviews?

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

The actual goal of Ocean Gate was deep sea exploration and reaching unexplored parts of the ocean, with their experimental vessels. They funded their "research" dives in part with the money they make from these "tourist" dives. They were essentially trying to evolve deep sea exploration. That was their long term goal anyways. Not sure how the old the company is, and if they ever did anything other than this.

That hasn't been brought up enough. This was their "side hustle" to fund their actually company goals. That's a big reason the sub was so economically made and corners cut

 

[LEWIS540]

The aftermath will be great. Because 1 of 50,000 of these weird little adventure endeavors has gone horribly wrong, the morons will make it a political/social/cultural/economic etc etc debate.

 

[Volador]

I’d build a sub that plunges 4000m deep with the first $3460. I’d use the last $40 to buy a Logitech controller to steer it. Total budget tree fiddy.

 

[MicroBrew]

When you look at other deep diving submersibles and then look at this thing, it is amazing that a seasoned explorer like Hamish and the French ex Navy diver would get in this thing.

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Hamish's buddy said he had planned to go visit the wreck of the Titanic in this exact same submersible - but not on this trip. He placed a $10K depost but then withdrew from the trip because , after doing research, he came to the conclusion this machine was unsafe.

Sub tourist's friend cancelled trip on safety fears.

Video of interview with Chris Brown (Hamish's friend) in below link
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/sub-tourists-friend-cancelled-trip-on-sa-idOV189822062023RP1

Skip to 2:00 mins in to see the interview with Chris Brown

 

[deadshot138]

They got turned into ground beef. RIP.

 

[syct23]

When you look at other deep diving submersibles and then look at this thing, it is amazing that a seasoned explorer like Hamish and the French ex Navy diver would get in this thing.

When it’s your child, it can do no wrong…