Titanic Tourist Submarine Goes Missing

[Bohemian Toffee]

I hope they get found but the amount of news coverage this is getting compared to the migrant boat sinking is off the scale.

Seconded.

 

[davids]

I hope they get found but the amount of news coverage this is getting compared to the migrant boat sinking is off the scale.

Billionaire on board might be the reason.

 

[Moomin]

Billionaire on board might be the reason.

Poor people die = who cares

Billionaire in danger = Number one story and lets throw every resource available to save him

 

[chrismpw]

I'm guessing that if comms stopped abruptly, with no time to shout a mayday, their sub imploded at depth and they were crushed instantly.

Having said that, if there were a comms system it would have to be via umbilical wire as radio waves don't penetrate the ocean, so maybe the umbilical parted and comms was lost that way. They could he bobbing around at the surface hoping to be found. I wonder if they can even open the hatch from inside.

 

[trueblue84]

Poor people die = who cares

Billionaire in danger = Number one story and lets throw every resource available to save him

Would be embarrassing for them if the sub they sent down finds them alive and well, but they were all bumming each other senseless because they thought they were going to die down there.

 

[Moomin]

Would be embarrassing for them if the sub they sent down finds them alive and well, but they were all bumming each other senseless because they thought they were going to die down there.

The smell on it must be horrendous now.

 

[trueblue84]

The smell on it must be horrendous now.

Do you mean the smell of the seamen, or "the smell of the seamen"?

 

[Prevenger17]

Would be embarrassing for them if the sub they sent down finds them alive and well, but they were all bumming each other senseless because they thought they were going to die down there.

Nothing embarrassing about that imo, would want to make sure my bucket list is ticked off before being CRUSHED by the ocean

 

[peteblue]

I'm guessing that if comms stopped abruptly, with no time to shout a mayday, their sub imploded at depth and they were crushed instantly.

Having said that, if there were a comms system it would have to be via umbilical wire as radio waves don't penetrate the ocean, so maybe the umbilical parted and comms was lost that way. They could he bobbing around at the surface hoping to be found. I wonder if they can even open the hatch from inside.

Apparently the bolts shutting the door are bolted down from the outside, 17 of them. No release mechanism from inside…..

 

[trueblue84]

Apparently the bolts shutting the door are screwed down from the outside. No release mechanism from inside…..

If it is underwater, it won't make much difference.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Megalodon attack. Nailed on.

 

[peteblue]

If it is underwater, it won't make much difference.

Slight edit, but same difference, and as you say if deep underwater there’s no chance…..

 

[heatmeiser]

I'm guessing that if comms stopped abruptly, with no time to shout a mayday, their sub imploded at depth and they were crushed instantly.

Having said that, if there were a comms system it would have to be via umbilical wire as radio waves don't penetrate the ocean, so maybe the umbilical parted and comms was lost that way. They could he bobbing around at the surface hoping to be found. I wonder if they can even open the hatch from inside.

It uses Starlink for comms, so unless that's down then it doesn't look good...

 

[trueblue84]

It uses Starlink for comms, so unless that's down then it doesn't look good...

Doesn't that only work when they're on the surface?

 

[heatmeiser]

Doesn't that only work when they're on the surface?

No idea, just read it in the Guardian like