Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

[rhwestfall]

Notice that they aren’t passengers. They are mission specialists. If they were passengers, the mother ship would have to have IMO certifications (I don’t know that it does or doesn’t).

All part of the mission finance branch? Yeah, I can see that....

 

[Wookie]

All part of the mission finance branch? Yeah, I can see that....

Well, they get awesome tshirts.

 

[Rearviewmirror]

The lack of some form of EPIRB (can't find confirmation or not of whether the vessel has on anywhere) would be criminal negligence in my mind. If the sub ends up being found intact on the surface days (or weeks) later it would be unbelievably tragic.

I think the most likely scenarios are probably total hull integrity failure during initial descent (60%), the vessel either becoming entrapped or the drop-weight system failing (30%), or having surfaced after some sort of systems failure and lost at sea (10%).

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.

 

[Rearviewmirror]

A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic. Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information - Source

Press conference at 3pm EST to "hold a press briefing to discuss findings from the Horizon Arctic’s remotely operated vehicle near the Titanic"

 

[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