Titanic Submarine

[temery]

The Titan submersible imploded, killing all 5 on board, the US Coast Guard says

The sliver of hope that remained for finding the five men alive was wiped away early Thursday, when the submersible’s 96-hour supply of oxygen was expected to run out following its Sunday launch and t...

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[Letsgohuskies11]

Coast Guard just confirmed debris has been found near the Titanic. Currently investigating if debris is related to submersible. Press Conference at 3 PM.


Highly unlikely they would make this announcement if the debris is NOT the submersible, unfortunately. Sounds like the vessel imploded.

Wouldnt near the Titanic be the first place they'd search once they went missing? I know that there's 13,000 feet deep of water to search but I'm guessing once the sub dived deeper than it should have, it imploded. Could have been right when they lost communication which would be the best case scenario for the people on it.

 

[rman726]

Wouldnt near the Titanic be the first place they'd search once they went missing? I know that there's 13,000 feet deep of water to search but I'm guessing once the sub dived deeper than it should have, it imploded. Could have been right when they lost communication which would be the best case scenario for the people on it.

Once they could get to it. They had to get vehicles capable of that depth in the area first, which only a handful exist in the world. I think most of the searching the first couple of days was on the surface and methods like sonar.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Once they could get to it. They had to get vehicles capable of that depth in the area first, which only a handful exist in the world. I think most of the searching the first couple of days was on the surface and methods like sonar.

I had just assumed the debris field was found above water, but was it actually below the surface? I know they used some deep sea robot that found it but wasnt sure where exactly it was.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Simpson's

And on cue some are claiming the Simpson's predicted this

 

[dennismenace]

Yup, but they made the decision to do it anyway. This is unfettered capitalism at its finest. Someone offered a product/trip and was first to market. Maybe they cut corners on things to do so, but this is a perfect example of caveat emptor. The buyers wanted to be first as part of their thrill and chose not to wait for a competitor to do it better.

As I have aged I have come to appreciate the Irish expression: "you're a long time dud"

 

[CTPride]

I had just assumed the debris field was found above water, but was it actually below the surface? I know they used some deep sea robot that found it but wasnt sure where exactly it was.

Debris was on the ocean floor.


Sounds like people are now confirming the passengers have perished.

 

[runner11]

I can’t believe the Harding guy got on the sub. He actually has a cool resume of explorations. It’s not a billionaire clout thing. Another guy was a Titanic scholar who presumably did not have 250k to drop. Then the CEO - won’t shed many tears. It’s easy to dehumanize these guys as billionaires (what a world) - imagine the terror experienced by some coddled billionaire kid who never faced adversity. Thankfully it seems like they likely died immediately. I still think some of the memes are funny but a lot of twitter discourse is gross.

 

[noeynox]

Feel bad for these folks. But that's a lot of scratch to get a glimpse of a rust bucket at the bottom of the ocean. Risk/reward hard to justify.

 

[Samoo]

Feel bad for these folks. But that's a lot of scratch to get a glimpse of a rust bucket at the bottom of the ocean. Risk/reward hard to justify.

Fool around...find out. With all the good things that could be done with that money, if they instead decide to spend it on something hyper-risky and outrageously expensive, honestly don't have much sympathy.

 

[Sick Puppy]

We got played boys and girls. Again. You don’t think they knew that thing blew up? They can hear us breathe.

WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago

 

[Chin Diesel]

We got played boys and girls. Again. They can hear us breathe. You don’t think they heard that thing blow up?

WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago

Nah. I mentioned this earlier in the thread. There is highly sensitive technology out there that we don't need to use, especially when the passengers were already dead.



Good training exercise foe the militaries.

 

[Yardigan]

More penny pinching bordering on criminal than design flaw. Seems like an underwater submersible is not the thing to cheap out on and cut corners. To the people saying they would go to the moon...yeah, maybe as a ride-along with NASA or something. Not in some tin can like this made by some huckster in his garage.

What about....in a Fiero...y'know, that Lucas Black rigged up?

 

[Yardigan]

I actually agree with this take. You should vacate your right to a rescue doing something as idiotic as this. The amount of money, hours, and resources used to perform this rescue mission is insane.

fret not, we'll probs reimburse the other countries for their assist efforts, so there's that

 

[Yardigan]

They should have put 100 keys of blow on the Titan, maybe then the US government would find it.

If I were a betting guy, and there was 100 keys of blow on it, I'd go with "the field" over US govt finding it first.

 

[Samoo]

We got played boys and girls. Again. You don’t think they knew that thing blew up? They can hear us breathe.

WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago

Played? The DOD isn't giving up our intel secrets so that some billionaires' deaths can be reported as soon as they happened.

 

[Deleted at users request]

Crazy (and very long) twitter thread on just how bad Titan was constructed. Especially in comparison to another submersible that went much deeper depths in 2012.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The media is starting to deify these reckless idiots. If you slap a mountain lion in the face and it eats you, does that make you brave or a genius? That is the same question to ask about a handful of "explorers" who took a converted Toyota Corolla into the deep part of a frozen ocean to look at a boat that sank 111 years ago.

 

[uconnric]

The media is starting to deify these reckless idiots. If you slap a mountain lion in the face and it eats you, does that make you brave or a genius? That is the same question to ask about a handful of "explorers" who took a converted Toyota Corolla into the deep part of a frozen ocean to look at a boat that sank 111 years ago.

Not seeing any "deification" of them, but there is sympathy for the families and especially the 19 year old. He wasn't old enough to understand the risks. His father should have. For most of them it wasn't their first trip down, which probably gave them a false sense of safety. Obviously there was some wear and tear on the sub that lead to the implosion. It was a very risky venture under any circumstances.

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Surprised there haven’t been memes referring to a “Three Hour Tour”

With the CEO, a titanic fan, a billionaire and his son, …

 

[champs99and04]

Not seeing any "deification" of them, but there is sympathy for the families and especially the 19 year old. He wasn't old enough to understand the risks. His father should have. For most of them it wasn't their first trip down, which probably gave them a false sense of safety. Obviously there was some wear and tear on the sub that lead to the implosion. It was a very risky venture under any circumstances.

People whose first thought here is to belittle the intelligence of the victims are likely either rationalizing why it could never happen to them or not as intelligent as they think.

I’m not saying this is 100% hindsight or that there were no valid concerns, but even the smart people who backed out questioned their own intelligence at the time. For every predictable disaster there are about a million that don’t happen. Again, obviously the odds of disaster were probably much higher than that in this case, but so was the assumed risk. People talk about the five deceased like they were hopelessly naive and I don’t think that’s accurate.

 

[manbyrd]

I think two things are true:

a) it is sad when people die
b) If you pay (or charge) six figures to visit a sunken gravesite where 1,500 people drowned, in an unregulated submersible piloted by a video game controller and the sub implodes at the bottom of the ocean, then the common courtesy of not making fun of the way people die is not in effect.

So RIP the 19 year old kid who was trying to make his dad happy.

 

[superjohn]

People whose first thought here is to belittle the intelligence of the victims are likely either rationalizing why it could never happen to them or not as intelligent as they think.

I’m not saying this is 100% hindsight or that there were no valid concerns, but even the smart people who backed out questioned their own intelligence at the time. For every predictable disaster there are about a million that don’t happen. Again, obviously the odds of disaster were probably much higher than that in this case, but so was the assumed risk. People talk about the five deceased like they were hopelessly naive and I don’t think that’s accurate.

I feel comfortable saying it unequivocally could never happen to me.

 

[TheHorde]

If you understand the shiny object the legacy media wants you to focus on, then you’ll realize you need to focus on other stories that they don’t want the masses focusing on. The US military knew it imploded hours after it launched folks.

 

[Deleted at users request]

This is my question about these deep water excursions.

None of these animals under the water come at them during these trips??

The Deep Sea

Scroll down the deep sea in this interactive page.

neal.fun

 

[alphasigko]

People whose first thought here is to belittle the intelligence of the victims are likely either rationalizing why it could never happen to them or not as intelligent as they think.

I’m not saying this is 100% hindsight or that there were no valid concerns, but even the smart people who backed out questioned their own intelligence at the time. For every predictable disaster there are about a million that don’t happen. Again, obviously the odds of disaster were probably much higher than that in this case, but so was the assumed risk. People talk about the five deceased like they were hopelessly naive and I don’t think that’s accurate.

They may have been academically or business smart, but their common and technical sense obviously left a lot to be desired if they really believed that was a safe vehicle in which to take such a risky and dangerous trip.

 

[alphasigko]

If you understand the shiny object the legacy media wants you to focus on, then you’ll realize you need to focus on other stories that they don’t want the masses focusing on. The US military knew it imploded hours after it launched folks.

Yep, just like the magician: "Watch my left hand, but ignore what is going on with my right hand."

 

[Chin Diesel]

If you understand the shiny object the legacy media wants you to focus on, then you’ll realize you need to focus on other stories that they don’t want the masses focusing on. The US military knew it imploded hours after it launched folks.

Umm we talked about this yesterday.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Online mockery of Titanic submersible leaves cultural observers sickened: 'Garbage dump of vile commentary'

Social media snark and jokes abounded during the saga of the missing Titanic submersible, leading some commentators to call it the worst of modern culture.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Sick Puppy]

If you understand the shiny object the legacy media wants you to focus on, then you’ll realize you need to focus on other stories that they don’t want the masses focusing on. The US military knew it imploded hours after it launched folks.

If the military knew about who else knew about it? Chinese spy balloon 2.0. Grateful for UConn BB and the Boneyard. Keeps me comfy in an insane world.