China Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Missing Submersible Vessel Disappears During Dive to the Titanic Wreck Site A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a search and rescue operation by the U.S. Coast Guard, the agency said. The Coast Guard confirmed Monday that it was searching for the vessel after the Canadian research ship MV Polar Prince lost contact with a submersible during a dive about 900 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass., on Sunday morning. “It is a remote area and it is a challenge to conduct a search in that remote area, but we are deploying all available assets to make sure that we can locate the craft and rescue the people on board,” said Rear Admiral John Mauger of the U.S. Coast Guard. The submersible disappeared in a portion of the ocean with a depth of roughly 13,000 feet. Admiral Mauger said the occupants would theoretically have between 70 to 96 hours of air as of late Monday afternoon. Click on the link for the full article 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 They dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Founder and CEO of company is also on it. Wonder how they stress test these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 Video of the rescue attempt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llevron Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 On the list of ways I don’t want to go. Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 3 hours ago, TheGreatBuzz said: They dead. Yeah. No way they are still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 How did they get away with charging 250k a head but not having a way to find the damned sub? Don’t planes have underwater locator beacons to help find them when they go down in the water? I’m assuming you could strap the same device, or something similar, to your wildly expensive tourist sub. whatever the tech may be I can’t believe that someone along the way failed to think “hey if this thing breaks down, how do we find it?” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) Even more bizarre was that it was being piloted by what looks like a bootleg ps controller. Edited June 20, 2023 by The Evil Genius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinss Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Assuming the worst, which is the most likely outcome I hope something structural failed on the submersible because I can't think of many ways I'd rank higher of not wanting to go than being in a tiny can at 13000 feet with 4 other people in the same predicament just waiting to run out of air for 4 or 5 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 I think we should convince more rich people to get in a can and sink it in the ocean 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 More likely stress fractures in welds due to pressure cycling than any control issues. The “why doesn’t it have gps” comments are kind of silly, gps doesn’t work under water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 In reality, that is horrific...😐 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 I would just simply choose a path in life that excludes the possibility of being squished by 500X atmospheric pressure. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) 43 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said: More likely stress fractures in welds due to pressure cycling than any control issues. The “why doesn’t it have gps” comments are kind of silly, gps doesn’t work under water. Airplane blackboxes allegedly can send signals underwater for up to 90 days. Edited June 20, 2023 by The Evil Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwyl Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 It wouldn't be gps it would be sonar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 33 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said: Airplane blackboxes allegedly can send signals underwater for up to 90 days. Not gps signals. Otherwise we would know exactly where flight 370 is. They send out bings which SONAR listens too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhead Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) So that Logitech controller...imagine if its batteries died and they didn't bring extras... Edited June 20, 2023 by Metalhead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 it’s probably the USB type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) Not to be crass...but this proves again that a fool and his money are soon parted. Edited June 20, 2023 by The Evil Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said: Not to be crass...but this proves again that a fool and his money are soon parted. Folks who bought new Teslas before the massive price cuts catching strays this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 It’s aliens “Dawood is also a trustee of the SETI Institute in California, according to a biography on its website. “ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Not the first time it's been lost with people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhead Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Corcaigh said: It’s aliens “Dawood is also a trustee of the SETI Institute in California, according to a biography on its website. “ OceanGate > Heaven's Gate...I got it! they went up instead of down and now they're on Hale-Bopp! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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