I am sure they too cussed and used four letter slang words to express their feelings.The sailors on the first ships that sailed from Europe also took a huge risk.
I am sure they too cussed and used four letter slang words to express their feelings.The sailors on the first ships that sailed from Europe also took a huge risk.
But if it is international waters - nothing anyone can do about it.If anything good comes out of this the government will now come up with much stricter regulations for civilian owned submersibles
True but this rescue is at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean.Tax payers also pay to rescue fishermen, oil workers and pleasure craft.
Regardless, that's their job. Much like recovering plane parts and bodies that have crashed into the ocean .True but the rescue is not 15,000 feet at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean.
The Titan was built on American soilBut if it is international waters - nothing anyone can do about it
I heard one of the guys was sued for fraud. If thats true then i wonder if it’s possible this is staged.
I like a thrill as much as the next guy but traveling 12000’ underwater is taking it to a whole other level!Apparently a new possibility that I just read about is a total loss of power:
"CBS News journalist David Pogue, who traveled to the Titanic aboard the Titan last year, said the vehicle uses two communication systems: text messages that go back and forth to a surface ship and safety pings that are emitted every 15 minutes to indicate that the sub is still working.
Both of those systems stopped about an hour and 45 minutes after the Titan submerged.
“There are only two things that could mean. Either they lost all power or the ship developed a hull breach and it imploded instantly. Both of those are devastatingly hopeless,” Pogue told the Canadian CBC network on Tuesday."
So? Are you taking about making it criminally illegal to make a sub?The Titan was built on American soil
No, we need better construction regulations for companies that build submersives.So? Are you taking about making it criminally illegal to make a sub?
The noises?Canadians found the noises
A Canadian search plane detected noises underwater in the search area and crews were focused on finding the origin of the sounds.
"With respect to the noises, specifically, we don't know what they are, to be frank with you," Coast Guard Capt. Jamie Frederick said at a briefing Wednesday. "We're searching in the area where the noises were detected."
He said the team has two ROVs — remotely operated underwater vehicles — "actively searching," plus several more are on the way and expected to join the search operation Thursday
Traveling 12000 meters under the sea without any safety precautions and signing a waiver which states that they know and agree to ride on a non certified submarine. Yes that’s a whole other level.I like a thrill as much as the next guy but traveling 12000’ underwater is taking it to a whole other level!
What’s odd to me is they’re isn’t some redundant safety or communication system? Obviously there’s a ship that launched this submersible within a few miles of the coordinates? Every thing in a commercial aircraft, rocket, military sub has multiple backup’s in case something does go wrong.
For what this thing weighs you would think they’re would be an emergency air bag deployment or something to surface it if something did go wrong? Jesus cripes go low tech & have a Kevlar tether attached from the launching slip? Cripes a 25’ 30,000lb Kevlar crane sling you can lift with one finger!
Modern military subs have been in service 100+ years & still fail now & again with usually tragic results. Going 3 or 4 times deeper what even the best military subs go is playing with fire if you ask me. I’m sure a lot of engineering went into this but I can’t see any practical way of testing it. The people that went down previously in this & survived the voyage should be thanking their lucky stars!
Hope they make up before they run out of oxygen or that it didn’t implode, either way it would be a horrible death. My heart goes out to the families.