Titanic claims more people

[FSH 210 Sport]

Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way

Rescuers are searching for a submersible used to take tourists and experts to view the famous wreck.

www.bbc.com

 

[Thermobrett]

Another thread

Coast Guard searches for missing vessel visiting Titanic wreck with 5 people on board

The Coast Guard launched a search for a missing submersible vessel that disappeared Sunday after it went to explore the wreck of the Titanic but didn't return.

www.aol.com

 

[tabbibus]

Bummer

 

[fireflymedic]

1/4 million dollar ticket! I will die one day but it sure won't be from a $250k site seeing trip. Wow.

 

[rkluck]

It isn't looking good for them for sure!

 

[YoDaddy292]

No matter what happens I can’t imagine a more horrible way to go. Listening to the audio of the Thresher (US Navy sub) in the seconds before they lost contact was one of the most chilling things I have ever heard and literally broke my heart.

 

[adrianp89]

I am convinced it is one of three things.

1. Aliens
2. The Meg
3. Business Sabotage

 

[Thermobrett]

I am convinced it is one of three things.

1. Aliens
2. The Meg
3. Business Sabotage

Somehow my Florida car insurance will be impacted with this.

 

[adrianp89]

Somehow my Florida car insurance will be impacted with this.

Home Insurance as well.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

1/4 million dollar ticket! I will die one day but it sure won't be from a $250k site seeing trip. Wow.

Would it be worth it if they found the portal to a new virgin universe with habitat to sustain life? Sign me up!

 

[Julian]

There not been any sound from the sub is not good. If they simply lost communication, they could bang on the hull to make sounds....but nothing is being picked up....which points towards (catastrophic) failure of the hull.

 

[anmut]

I'm going with a full implosion at this point. They haven't found anything and the O2 has got to be nearly gone.

 

[Skyhawk223]

Not a steel hull so not sure how effective the banging would be. Horrible situation.

 

[Bottom Bracket]

one could tap ... --- ... on a coffee cup inside the vessel and the sonars dropped from the CG C-130 would hear it,
O2 runs out tomorrow. (per the talking head on da tv)

 

[rkluck]

Looks like they have hear some banging but have not located the sub yet.

 

[Thermobrett]

Biggest question is, if they do locate it using some type of technology and can put eyes on it, how do they connect/retrieve at the depths they think it could be at in time before the air supply runs out? From what I’m reading, there is not many vehicles that can go to the depth, and if there is a vehicle available, how fast can it get there?

 

[TeenGee]

Interesting article.

Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To

Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.

newrepublic.com

 

[fatboyroy]

they have submersible (unmanned) scanning the wreck perimeter, im assuming those with robotic arm. I hope they already brought a rescue rope to attach in the event they find it cause by the time they arrange that it would be too late. In my opinion, it is now a recovery mission, even if they survived, at those depth they probably frozen by now if the claim is true that it lost power.

For the banging, some expert on some news said, Titanic make banging noise all the time, metal rubbing due to current.

 

[anmut]

0600 tomorrow morning (Thursday) is when they run out of O2, from what I'm reading. My ignorant brain would think that, once found, simply connecting a rope to a fast moving winch could get them up pretty quickly.

Other concerning items on Twitter about this "sub." (Unverified data)
- Used a modify game controller for it's controls?
- View window was only rated by manufacture to 1/3 of depth needed to get to the Titanic?
- No way to exit the sub even if it was on the surface as the sub is bolted closed from the outside?
- Sub relied on an external device to guide it down to the Titanic, but was basically blind as it descended. There's speculation it could have descended directly into the wreckage and become stuck.
- A whistleblower was fired from the company in the last five years due to him expressing concerns about the safety of the sub.
- Carbon fiber structure not extensively tested against repeat compression and decompression cycles.

 

[biffdotorg]

0600 tomorrow morning (Thursday) is when they run out of O2, from what I'm reading. My ignorant brain would think that, once found, simply connecting a rope to a fast moving winch could get them up pretty quickly.

It is hard to comprehend. But that comprehension, for me, starts with some numbers.

13,000' of rope is nearly impossible, so it has to be self propelled.
13,000' of depth, a human could not survive the pressure or distance even if there were a way to get out.
13,000' of depth, there is no quick way up. Even if it were tethered, slow controlled surfacing is required no matter what for decompression/depressurization.