Coast Guard announces 3 p.m. ET press conference following 'debris field' discovery for missing submarine
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I saw a video on the construction of the submersible and couldn’t believe the end with the window was glued on. I’m sure it’s strong glue but still. Many times I’ve seen mentioned how they thumbed their nose at certification and I’d imagine part of the certification process would be stress testing and number of dive cycles it would last.
A friend of mine is also an elevator mechanic. I've gone with him a few times to rescue people stuck in an elevator. He tells people he is a vertical transportation specialist.
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Yup, confirmed
Former employees had brought attention to the quality of construction of this submersible.
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Latest News: Correction: Tail cone of vessel was found 1,600 ft. from Titanic's bow.
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Really-when was the last time IN THE U.S. there was a catastrophic failure? But yet you have no problem making a left turn-where you much more likely to have something happen to you.....
I predict the immediate bankruptcy pf OceanGate, the TITAN's owner. The families will be lucky to even get back the $250,000 paid per passenger.
The staggering amount of money WASTED on this adventure tourism ($250k per person) and failed rescue attempt, to save 5 people, (collectively many millions of dollars to be paid by you and me), could have probably saved 10,000 people from poverty and starving to death this week. I put the loses of these adventure tourists, in the category of those polluting with mountains of garbage, on Mt. Everest in search for 10 seconds at the top of the mountain.
Edited to add: From a design standpoint, I am puzzled why the design did not include some form of manual cable release that would float a battery powered communication/lighted beacon, with a 2 mile tow cable, so it could be quickly found and tow retrieval. Seems like one of many serious design oversights, seems their hiring process was, let's just say, "sub" par. It's possibly irrelevant and apparent now that it likely imploded, but for days there was speculation that it was just "lost" but structurally sound.
Edited to add: From a design standpoint, I am puzzled why the design did not include some form of manual cable release that would float a battery powered communication/lighted beacon, with a 2 mile tow cable, so it could be quickly found and tow retrieval. Seems like one of many serious design oversights, seems their hiring process was, let's just say, "sub" par. It's possibly irrelevant and apparent now that it likely imploded, but for days there was speculation that it was just "lost" but structurally sound.
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Watched it. Figured something like that happened. I do wonder what the knocking noises were that were picked up by the sonobouys? Sad situation but a huge risk you take on something like this...kinda like climbing Mt. Everest. Similar feelings as post above...struggle here with the cost of this vs. other more beneficial outlets for that money but humans tend to want to save humans no matter what the circumstances.
I think we all held out hope that the vessel was merely resting on the bottom intact with those aboard hypothermic and probably respiring very uncomfortably but still alive.
The vessel would be located and hauled to the surface by a Navy crane and a sailor with an impact would buzz the hatch bolts out with the enfeebled survivors then being helped to get out.
Such was not to be. RIP to all and peace to their families.
This will not be the end of extreme tourism, for better or ill. Look at the number of people who died on Everest this season alone and yet there is no shortage of applicants for permits to attempt the mountain.
The vessel would be located and hauled to the surface by a Navy crane and a sailor with an impact would buzz the hatch bolts out with the enfeebled survivors then being helped to get out.
Such was not to be. RIP to all and peace to their families.
This will not be the end of extreme tourism, for better or ill. Look at the number of people who died on Everest this season alone and yet there is no shortage of applicants for permits to attempt the mountain.
Hm...that's not a failure....
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IMO, it's pretty disgusting how the news media keep calling them "explorers". They're nothing of the sort, the location and the condition of the titanic was already well known and well documented. These people were nothing but sight seers with lots of money. I loath the news media calling them explorers in some kind of an effort to somehow justify their sick perversions by visiting the site of the deaths of 1500 truly innocent people.
The local news has been talking about a couple in Winter Park (Florida) that paid for a trip on the Titan a year or more ago but for some reason it never happened and several months ago they filed a lawsuit against OceanGate to get their money back. They're another couple-with-too-much money that also took a ride on the Blue Origin last year. After today's news, I can only wonder if they're reconsidering their exotic joy-riding life style.
Sad but true. Even if the US banned trips to the Titanic, other countries would continue to allow, it even if just for the economic benefits, so I don't see this Necro-tourism coming to an end anytime soon.
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