Titan Submersible

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  1. Redstone

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    Announcement of a debris field being located before a further press conference in a couple of hours.
     
    Redstone, Jun 22, 2023
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    And ch5 have a live program on it at 7.
    Can’t see that having a happy ending.
     
    arabian_ian, Jun 22, 2023
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    This is a tragedy, avoidable, but nevertheless absolutely awful for those onboard and relatives who just don't know .

    The ideal outcome would have been a successful search and rescue operation. The second best scenario, or least horrendous, however difficult to accept is that the thing imploded and the occupants would have known nothing about it since death would have been instantaneous. That is surely better than slowly running out of air in a freezing cold metal tube, most likely in pitch black darkness if there was no power, hoping for rescue that would never come.:(
     
    Tekkytyke, Jun 22, 2023
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    It’s become a salvage story of a tin can full of dead billionaires. Meanwhile, in the English Channel..:(
     
    Mr C, Jun 22, 2023
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    Why make it political? Plus what’s it got to do with them being wealthy
     
    judith charmers, Jun 22, 2023
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    Really? No need!!
     
    Tekkytyke, Jun 22, 2023
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    redrum Banned Idiot

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    Wow let's not.
     
    redrum, Jun 22, 2023
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    I’m no engineer but that sub had no escape options. The occupants were bolted in. There was always going to be problems had anything gone wrong.
     
    arabian_ian, Jun 22, 2023
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    Well the ceo of the company who built it was on board and obviously felt safe. Wouldn't have got me on for a gold pig never mind spending 200k for the pleasure. But who am I to tell people what to spend there hard earned money on.
     
    redrum, Jun 22, 2023
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    At even at a fraction of that depth there is so much pressure there is literally no escape method that exists or ever will given the laws of physics.
     
    Tekkytyke, Jun 22, 2023
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    They could have paid me 200 grand and I wouldn,t have gone down in it.
     
    Redsnut, Jun 22, 2023
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    As someone who is slightly claustrophobic the thought of this absolutely terrifies me……..those poor people down there :(
     
    judith charmers, Jun 22, 2023
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    Same here, I'll stick to watching the film.

    Chilean Miners, Thailand Cave lads both of those scenarios are my worst nightmare as well. I tend to give lifts a miss.
     
    Gordon Owen, Jun 22, 2023
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    same here!
    can't understand folk who go deep into caves looking for new routes etc.
     
    Red-Taff., Jun 22, 2023
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    Because only wealthy people can spend £250k each to dive to 13,000 feet the graveyard of 1,500 people?

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-65985001
     
    Watcher_Of_The_Skies, Jun 22, 2023
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    judith charmers Well-Known Member

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    That Chilean miners film when that guy gets stuck in that tube………my heart was racing like hell watching it, certain thoughts like that can’t half set me off
     
    judith charmers, Jun 22, 2023
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    judith charmers Well-Known Member

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    And that makes it ok?

    What a pathetic post…….just like Mr C’s
     
    judith charmers, Jun 22, 2023
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    Sounded like one of those “mavericks” who think they know it all tbh, feeling safe and knowing your safe aren’t the same thing.
     
    wakeyred, Jun 22, 2023
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    Stupid, not "ok".

    They spent their own £250k, signed a waiver that warned them 3 times they could die, and boarded a vessel that had no regulatory safety mechanisms and checks in place, all to go on a jolly to 13k feet to visit a graveyard at the bottom of the Atlantic. All that despite warnings from experts and an ex-employee whistle blower who warned .

    Did they deserve to die? No. We're they knowingly taking an unnecessary extreme risk? Yes.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-titanic-submarine-oceangate-safety-warnings-lawsuits/
     
    Watcher_Of_The_Skies, Jun 22, 2023
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    I can't watch anything that's to do with being closed in,iam breathing for them.
     
    Redblueunwhite, Jun 22, 2023
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