I don't see it as credible either. If it is true then it should have been reported by a major news agency. But it is something different other than - we don't know what happened and we are looking.
Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search
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I figured I didn't need to mention Archimedes to the SB audience
Diving on the titanic or flying into space on the flying phallus are not issues for many, neither has much in the way of survival odds when something goes wrong.
"The submersible is not tethered, and had been communicating with the Polar Prince through a series of pings. The submersible was reported overdue when the signals stopped and it failed to resurface."
It occurs to me that the most likely time for structural failure to happen would be as pressure was increased on the hull and the loss of communication happened during descent based on the stated estimate of 2 hours to reach depth. It is extremely sad but cutting edge adventure has its risks.
Dan
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The article posted by @Fastmarc in post #1 says:
“Contact with the small sub was lost about an hour and 45 minutes into its dive, the US Coast Guard said.”, which means 15 minutes before reaching the bottom (assuming the descent rate is constant of 1800m/h, it would have reached at 3,150m depth or 650m above the bottom, when they lost communication). So, I’m guessing it is probably at the bottom at approximately the same GPS where the last ping made at 1 hour 45 min of descent, assuming no current involved.
Gone for diving
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You would think there would be more than 1 pinger on board, that is separate from everything else, In it's own housing etc.
Even if it pinged once an hr.
Even if it pinged once an hr.
