Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

[NW Dive Dawg]

I'm wondering if it might have been a good idea to give the crew an emergency option to "blow" the hatch with explosive bolts once on the surface. Also, I have two "Gumby" full immersion suits that I keep on my boat for long range Tuna runs and they really don't really take up that much space..... Those suits along with the simple $400 EPIRB I keep onboard could make the difference in any surface rescue scenario...

I know that it easy for me to be an "armchair quarterback" ......but for $250K a seat, I would expect that the owners and engineers of this expedition would have put more thought into factoring in any and all potential emergency scenarios. There is a solid reason why Apollo 13 was able to return...

I am not a praying man.....but I will say that all of my positive thoughts and hopes are with the crew and passengers of this ill-fated expedition. Hoping for a miracle!!!

 

[Externet]

Can someone educate me and explain how undersea banging noises be heard/detected from an aircraft ?

 

[gamon]

Maybe wait on the offensive memes until the window of survival has passed and there's no way they could be gasping on their last breaths while bolted into a tin can either bobbing on the surface possibly seeing rescue craft in the distance or planes overhead, or staring at the bow of the Titanic.

I think we're down to about 8 hours give or take.

 

[rhwestfall]

Acoustic listening devices. Used for many things...

 

[Gone for diving]

I'm wondering if it might have been a good idea to give the crew an emergency option to "blow" the hatch with explosive bolts once on the surface.

Not sure I follow....
How do you push the front hatch open?

Pic of there full dome sub (the Cyclops) which seems to be very similar. Note the waterline.

Actual sub

Even if you could open it, I hope you can move fast. Its going down very fast. 23,000lb

Hers an interesting picture from there full dome sub. I assume titan is similar.

 

[Jared0425]

Not sure I follow....
How do you push the hatch open?

Pic of there full dome sub which seems to be very similar. Note the waterline.
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Actual sub

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Even if you could open it, I hope you can move fast. Its going down very fast. 20000ish lb!!!

Hers an interesting picture from there full dome sub. I assume titan is similar.
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You're mixing up the two subs. The one with the large dome is cylcops and the one with the small viewport is titan.

Edited for name correction

 

[Gone for diving]

You're mixing up the two subs. The one with the large dome is explorer and the one with the small viewport is titan.

The cyclops
I am using it as reference... it seems to be very similar.
Only it has a full dome and a hatch.

Titan does not. The whole front dome swings open.

 

[L13]

Can someone educate me and explain how undersea banging noises be heard/detected from an aircraft ?

Aircraft drops remote radio linked sono-buoys into the ocean and listens tor the relayed signal.

 

[tursiops]

Aircraft drops remote radio linked sono-buoys into the ocean and listens tor the relayed signal.

Sonobuoy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Manatee Diver]

Can someone educate me and explain how undersea banging noises be heard/detected from an aircraft ?

Aircraft drops remote radio linked sono-buoys into the ocean and listens tor the relayed signal.

Sonobuoys what we used to look for Soviet subs.

Sonobuoy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org