Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic
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This pic was tweeted out recently.
4X-EDL is an Elal Boeing 787. On June 20 it did the Miami Tel Aviv route. They got this message from ATC. What they were they thinking? That a plane at 36000 feet can see a vehicle the size of a SUV in the floating middle of the Atlantic. But I guess it never hurts to try.
Yes, there’s always the proverbial, off-chance.
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I’ve had a rather macabre thought over the past few days that I’ve been hesitant to post. I even did once but deleted it. 96 hours of air is based on a full cabin. They were down 1 person, so that should stretch it out some, right? I mean, assuming the sub is intact?
And for that matter, there’s the possibility that 1 or more of the 5 passengers died during this… And if you really want to get dark, there may be some passengers willing to do whatever it takes to cut down on the amount of oxygen being used down there…
The Brad
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I haven't seen a plausible explanation, other than implosion. They actually had lots of safeguards in place, but it all hinged on not imploding, of course. Sand bags were attached to the sub by ropes that would dissolve in water after some number of hours, so even if everybody was unconscious, the sub would have floated to the top. Unless it imploded.
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They're saying the debris is from part of the sub - a landing frame and rear cover
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I’ve had a rather macabre thought over the past few days that I’ve been hesitant to post. I even did once but deleted it. 96 hours of air is based on a full cabin. They were down 1 person, so that should stretch it out some, right? I mean, assuming the sub is intact?
And for that matter, there’s the possibility that 1 or more of the 5 passengers died during this… And if you really want to get dark, there may be some passengers willing to do whatever it takes to cut down on the amount of oxygen being used down there…
@LuFins-Dad said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:
I’ve had a rather macabre thought over the past few days that I’ve been hesitant to post. I even did once but deleted it. 96 hours of air is based on a full cabin. They were down 1 person, so that should stretch it out some, right? I mean, assuming the sub is intact?
And for that matter, there’s the possibility that 1 or more of the 5 passengers died during this… And if you really want to get dark, there may be some passengers willing to do whatever it takes to cut down on the amount of oxygen being used down there…
Believe it or not, there is legal precedent for this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens
In short. 4 men were in a lifeboat in the later 1800s... after many days, one of the men was in a coma. So they killed him and ate him. They claimed "custom of the sea" as a defense (a real thing btw, an alternative to maritime law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_of_the_sea), but ultimately were sentenced to the statutory death penalty.
I guess back to your point, there was a reddit thread about this too, but basically yes if someone died, it would increase the length of available oxygen.
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Barring the recovery of the intact sub while there was still breathable air, this was the best possible outcome. Death would have been instantaneous.
The Brad
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Barring the recovery of the intact sub while there was still breathable air, this was the best possible outcome. Death would have been instantaneous.
@LuFins-Dad said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:
Barring the recovery of the intact sub while there was still breathable air, this was the best possible outcome. Death would have been instantaneous.
Oh totally. They say it happens 5x faster than the human brain can even process. Would be faster than a light switch.
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@George-K said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:
At least they stopped short of saying "Let them die."
The tweet has been deleted.
The internet is forever:
So, they replaced it with this "better" tweet.
@George-K said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:
@George-K said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:
At least they stopped short of saying "Let them die."
The tweet has been deleted.
The internet is forever:
So, they replaced it with this "better" tweet.
Did you see the whole attempt to blame it on Elon Musk and Starlink?
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worth a rewatch - CBS Sunday Morning episode where they go down in the Titan to the Titanic
https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/jfHkP_1UqqKM_pBmRZ8kaRAGONEEMqQg/@kluurs said in Submersible tour boat joins the Titanic:
worth a rewatch - CBS Sunday Morning episode where they go down in the Titan to the Titanic
https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/jfHkP_1UqqKM_pBmRZ8kaRAGONEEMqQg/I just watched that this morning. This is sad but I wonder if they have video footage from the main ship documenting the trip and accidentally documenting the initial confusion and reaction when it went missing.
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So it sounds like the facts are in.
The Navy (using top secret tech) detected an implosion sound about 9,000 feet down, on the 13,000 feet trip. They knew about this immediately. This helped eventually narrow the search area. A Canadian remotely operated sub found wreckage debris, including main hull, on the ocean floor about 1,700 feet from the titanic. Likely no bodies to recover.
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