Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

[grantctobin]

 

[rob.mwpropane]

Early in the thread, there was a video of the CEO mentioning that they carry more than one of those joy sticks.

I heard on the radio yesterday (so take it for what its worth) that the logitech controller that they used is notorious for becoming disconnected as it uses bluetooth and it was a huge complaint from the gaming community.

I have not verified that info, I make zero claims to its accuracy.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

Notice that they aren’t passengers. They are mission specialists.

Substance over form. They paid $25,000.00 to ride. Even if they paid $25.00 to ride they are paying customers in my mind. As with all things BIG MONEY; loopholes can be made I guess.

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“The Navy has a system called FADOSS – it stands for Flyaway Deep Ocean Salvage System. ...it's a big cable on a spool, it would go down and that would be able to pull the submarine up pretty rapidly, maybe half an hour, maybe an hour once it’s found. Unfortunately the FADOSS has not been deployed to the search area.

US Navy pulled a Russian sub up from 16,000 feet back in the 1960's with the Glomar Explorer.

 

[makar0n]

Actually the more I have thought about this, I don't actually know that there are any EPIRBs that would be even close to surviving the depths they were operating at. Even if an EPIRB was inside the pressure hull, it would instantaneously be subjected to crush depth on hull failure.

DeepSea Challenger rated at waaaay deeper has one apparently:

Deepsea Challenger - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But then OceanGate did not want to pay for a window to be actually designed to withstand pressure at 4000m... despite going to that depth. So I guess beacon was deemed too expensive as well. I mean hey, at least we have cool Logitech controller, right? And let's not forget about our corporate culture, which certainly makes us immune to the rules of physics.

 

[azstinger11]

Current reports are saying they have found a debris field, no confirmation it’s from the sub. Missing Titanic submersible live updates: 'Debris field' found in search zone — USA TODAY

 

[Dan]

I heard on the radio yesterday (so take it for what its worth) that the logitech controller that they used is notorious for becoming disconnected as it uses bluetooth and it was a huge complaint from the gaming community.

I have not verified that info, I make zero claims to its accuracy.

More talk about the joysticks for Titan

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

i cringe to say it but with all that mapping they've done around the Titanic and to now find a debris field they never noticed before would seem to indicate tragedy.

 

[Capt Jim Wyatt]

The subs I piloted had a joystick for all 3 thrusters over 6 ranges of motion. The wires were VERY small, delicate, thin.

 

[Manatee Diver]

The wires were VERY small, delicate, thin.

That is the thing with game controllers, they are pretty durable.

I'm not sure I would've used a Bluetooth model, but I would have no issues with a USB Xbox controller, particularly if we carried a spare.

 

[tursiops]

Mission Titanic, Part 2: Delays and an unsettling statement from the OceanGate CEO

Editor in chief Arnie Weissmann this past week has thought a great deal about a conversation in May with OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, one of five people missing on the submersible in the North Atlantic.

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