ATLien_0 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872 Boy this would be terrifying. A sub carrying tourists down to the titanic wreck has gone missing. At current time they are believed to be at the ocean floor or stuck in the titanic, with less than a days worth of air left on board +Raze, +hedleigh, hellowalkman and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted June 20, 2023 Global Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2023 Yeah, this is pretty darn bleak. I suspect it imploded... Barney T., +Raze and DocM 2 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 The current estimate is roughly 40hrs of oxygen left... hellowalkman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted June 20, 2023 Veteran Share Posted June 20, 2023 On 20/06/2023 at 15:32, spikey_richie said: The current estimate is roughly 40hrs of oxygen left... i'll go with zero hours left when they lost comm to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Oops... snowy owl, +Raze and The Rev 2 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Matthew S. Subscriber² Posted June 21, 2023 Subscriber² Share Posted June 21, 2023 On 20/06/2023 at 20:41, DocM said: Oops... Capitalist, where profits matter more than safety and lives. garwin 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) On 20/06/2023 at 23:36, Matthew S. said: Capitalist, where profits matter mo7re than safety and lives. How does that explain Soyuz 1 or Soyuz 11? Chernobyl? Cutting corners exists in all economic systems because it's human nature. Inexcusable, but common. dead.cell, snowy owl, briango and 3 others 6 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 FloatingFatMan and snowy owl 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Bot, Bad Bot Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) On 21/06/2023 at 08:56, SidVicious said: OK? The CEO and operator of the sub was a 61 year old white guy. I am pretty sure "50 year old white guys" was not meant to mean to be a litmus test for employment but more a "mindset" they were not looking for as most of the employees (from the video anyway) were in fact male and white. Edited June 21, 2023 by Good Bot, Bad Bot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted June 21, 2023 Veteran Share Posted June 21, 2023 sounds like they are hearing more "noise" but they aren't sure where it's coming from? they have to have some clue if they are picking banging up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 21/06/2023 at 16:49, neufuse said: sounds like they are hearing more "noise" but they aren't sure where it's coming from? they have to have some clue if they are picking banging up Tonight's news said that several teams have detected noises from different locations, which should allow rough triangulation. Let's hope so. As far as him not wanting to hire experienced submariners, that's his loss... Possibly literally. Idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted June 22, 2023 Veteran Share Posted June 22, 2023 99% chance they were dead an hour into this... be you anything rapid decompression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorD Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 I'm just going to leave this here..... snowy owl, dead.cell, +Matthew S. and 3 others 4 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) On 22/06/2023 at 07:48, neufuse said: 99% chance they were dead an hour into this... be you anything rapid decompression Or they are hung up on something, or were hit by debris. A while back a submersible was almost hit by a piece of propeller falling off. It's also possible they were free-floating and had some other systems failure. By now the galvanic timed ballast releases should have dissolved, dropping the ballast. The vehicle would have popped up to the surface and hasn't been spotted. Unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted June 22, 2023 Supervisor Share Posted June 22, 2023 BBC news just reported that a debris field has been found. DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) On 22/06/2023 at 12:01, Nick H. said: BBC news just reported that a debris field has been found. US Coast Guard will have a news conference at 1500 Eastern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien_0 Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 22/06/2023 at 12:01, Nick H. said: BBC news just reported that a debris field has been found. If the debris are likely from the unit, I'm assuming that means an implosion happened:/ DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted June 22, 2023 Supervisor Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 22/06/2023 at 17:32, ATLien_0 said: If the debris are likely from the unit, I'm assuming that means an implosion happened:/ Well there's not really much to take from it until they investigate further. As @DocMsaid, they will provide an update in ~ 2hrs30mins. If it is the sub, and if it imploded, all I can think is, "at least it should have been quick." Edit: latest report from the BBC: This report carries huge caveats. It may be something, it may be nothing. But the US Coast Guard has not posted many tweets over the past few days, so it may well be significant. Speaking to experts this week, many worried that the Titan may have suffered a catastrophic implosion as a result of a hull failure. Such a scenario could explain the debris. But, again, this report may turn out to be nothing. The seafloor around the Titanic wreck is littered with all sorts of debris, not least from the great ship itself. snowy owl, DocM and Steven P. 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidVicious Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 'Landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible' among the debris https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65967464 snowy owl 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rev Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 20/06/2023 at 20:41, DocM said: Oops... I think it's pretty morbid and insensitive for you to post this... This isn't a movie; these are real human lives lost, dude... snowy owl, DocM, timster and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) On 22/06/2023 at 14:02, The Rev said: I think it's pretty morbid and insensitive for you to post this... This isn't a movie; these are real human lives lost, dude... It's an example of what could happen with such a failure, which some people may have trouble visualizing. Titanic & The Abyss director & explorer James Cameron is one of the few who would portray such a failure near accurately, having been part of many submersible missions including 33 to Titanic itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted June 22, 2023 Supervisor Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 22/06/2023 at 19:02, The Rev said: I think it's pretty morbid and insensitive for you to post this... This isn't a movie; these are real human lives lost, dude... I disagree. By your train of thought Saving Private Ryan should not have been put to film. Or has enough time passed for that to be OK? Submarines have implosions. Hollywood has allowed us to experience what that might be like without being physically present. There are films based on true events that make me think, "good god...I'm glad I wasn't there." But there is nothing wrong with posting a reenactment of what has possibly happened. Also, why do you target the clip of an old film that shows the harrowing outcome of a situation, but not the memes/jokes made after? Those are specific to the situation... +Raze, spikey_richie, +Edouard and 6 others 5 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 22, 2023 Administrators Share Posted June 22, 2023 OceanGate has called it: snowy owl and +primortal 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted June 22, 2023 Subscriber² Share Posted June 22, 2023 My heart goes out to their families snowy owl 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien_0 Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 22/06/2023 at 15:06, primortal said: My heart goes out to their families Well I hope it was quick for them, Listening to a podcast earlier, this industry will rebound, and likely won't go away. Folks are addicted to this kind of exploration. I just hope we see some sort of regulation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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