Just a guess here, but do you think it could be something about the pressure? Like when you fly, your ankles swell a little ? So best not to have footwear on since they were going so deep... could be wrong
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Titanic Tourist Submarine Goes Missing
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At a guess there must be quite a lot of wave turbulence in the sub both on entering/exiting the water and peple flailing around with shoes on are more likely to hurt fellow passengers.
Iirc from the clip socks were on though but still damn cold on close to freezing bare metal.
Runub
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Predictive text or I can’t spell?
I don't know but I think, as @LinekersLegs has just said, it's probably a safety thing. It's so cramped and you've got 5 people having to move around (for example taking turns at the viewing window). So it will make it less likely someone gets hurt by accidentally having their hands stood on or taking a kick to the face etc. when moving in a confined space.
slipstream86
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The pressure within the vessel of the submersible itself is the same as the air pressure you are exposed to now on the surface. The whole point of having the submarine is to protect your body from the extremes of pressure from depth. The body only swells when the pressure differential between you and the ambient pressure is negative…ie high in the air or in space.
Agree with post above that no shoes are almost certainly a safety thing related to the crew and also probably to prevent damage to any mission equipment or electrical cables/components that may be routed within the confined space of the cabin.
I think the imbalance is largely the point. You’re absolutely right, of course, that any loss of life is a tragedy, but minute-by-minute updates on this vs barely a peep on scores of drowned kids and people fleeing war torn countries is bound to stir up some resentment.
Obviously, the ludicrous priorities of the media is no fault of the passengers.
YoboCopter
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isnt leo dicaprio still down there in the titanic? Hes been down well longer than these and no one mentions him
I'd imagine that CEO has had a few kicks to the face by now, shoes or otherwise.
Mutzo Nutzo
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Those bangs that the rescuers can hear on the sonar are deffo the CEO’s noggin getting mashed against the bulkhead
Runub
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Not sure what the attraction is anyway. I’m no expert but as I understand it is decomposing, if thats the word, and falling to bits. It‘s a bit like doing one of those city breaks in some capital city and by Sod’s Law the main attraction for a photo opportunity will be incased in scaffolding the weekend you go. So disappointing 
Rita_Poon
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Last two years+ of the Trevi Fountain*Not sure what the attraction is anyway. I’m no expert but as I understand it is decomposing, if thats the word, and falling to bits. It‘s a bit like doing one of those city breaks in some capital city and by Sod’s Law the main attraction for a photo opportunity will be incased in scaffolding* the weekend you go. So disappointing
Taifi gorm
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It's true what they say "it costs more to be poor" blue collared workers would never get such an immersive value for money experience.
I've heard it's the ol' French sailor giving them a special inspection.
From the BBC -
News that noises have been picked up in the hunt for a missing submersible has offered a glimmer of hope that the five men on board are alive.
Frank Owen, from the Submarine Institute of Australia, says he is confident - based on the information available - the sounds are coming from inside the vessel. "If there was a 30-minute interval, it's very unlikely to be anything but human related," he told the BBC.
Frank says the noises "smack of advice" coming from the fifth man inside - 77-year-old Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a former French navy diver and renowned explorer. "He would know the protocol for trying to alert searching forces… on the hour and the half-hour, you bang like hell for three minutes," Frank added.
News that noises have been picked up in the hunt for a missing submersible has offered a glimmer of hope that the five men on board are alive.
Frank Owen, from the Submarine Institute of Australia, says he is confident - based on the information available - the sounds are coming from inside the vessel. "If there was a 30-minute interval, it's very unlikely to be anything but human related," he told the BBC.
Frank says the noises "smack of advice" coming from the fifth man inside - 77-year-old Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a former French navy diver and renowned explorer. "He would know the protocol for trying to alert searching forces… on the hour and the half-hour, you bang like hell for three minutes," Frank added.
wainy
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Better get a move on then hadn’t they
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