Tourist submarine exploring Titanic wreckage disappears in Atlantic Ocean

[ProjectTwin]

The thought of dropping a cool quarter mil (almost 2x my house price) and having a malfunction at the bottom of ~12K feet of water petrifies me to no end. I didn't think I was claustrophobic, but apparently a CT machine was tight enough to freak me out

The sub is rated to 13,000 and change.

I'd think if I was giving tours to 12,000 I'd have a sub rated for deeper depths.

 

[SanDiegoCJ]

Was the fucking sub thing tethered to the mother ship?

Most deep submergence subs I've dealt with are self contained, no tether. I did work on a number of remote controlled underwater vehicles
that were tethered, but all were unmanned.

 

[Norm]

Rich people problems

 

[total newb]

Maybe they wanted the "real and full titanic experiance"

 

[2big bronco]

The sub is rated to 13,000 and change.

I'd think if I was giving tours to 12,000 I'd have a sub rated for deeper depths.

With all the global warming its probably past its limits.

 

[PAE]

Any word about a DSRV headed to that spot to search ?

 

[SanDiegoCJ]

The sub is rated to 13,000 and change.

I'd think if I was giving tours to 12,000 I'd have a sub rated for deeper depths.

The rated depth was 13K, but there's a significant safety margin past that. Rated depth is always very conservative.

 

[Landslide]

Rich people problems

Yeah, I’d say they bought a serious problem too.

 

[Landslide]

Any word about a DSRV headed to that spot to search ?

I quote that to people and most everyone doesn’t get it. I asked if they seen the movie and they said nope. Too bad as it was a pretty good movie I thought.

 

[Deuce 40s]

I know absolutely nothing about subs, but when I am asked to design one, I think a good feature would be an external "return to home" motor.

Obviously would do fuck all for an implosion, but at least that's something.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Very good movie.

 

[KungFooMASTA]

Someone rolled the window down to get a better look.

Prayers for those onboard and for their families.

 

[Ransil]

With all the global warming its probably past its limits.

So icebergs are ruled out as the cause

 

[ProjectTwin]

The rated depth was 13K, but there's a significant safety margin past that. Rated depth is always very conservative.

Good. I'd be in one rated for deeper depths.

 

[bunk]

Read a article that said they could have 4 days of oxygen on board. Wonder if they do.

 

[plym49.2]

I find it hard to believe that they don't know exactly where the sub is........at all times.

That sub should have beacons on it. The ship should have a Hipap pole sticking out the bottom of the hull. A survey program on a computer will show you exactly where it is. It will show you where it is and how deep among other things.

When I'm working, every diver has a beacon on them so I know where they are. The diving bell has a couple beacons on it. One works at 37.5kHz and we have a handheld receiver so we can find a lost bell.

Point is that none of this is new.

There should also be a way to float the sub to the surface.

Is there a single point of failure for comms/tracking? Fire on board? Hull compromised? And also don't they have an emergency ballast release to scram back to the surface?

 

[Rockbuggy84]

Some sort of ballon fills in an emergency and returns them to the top?

 

[Jeep Ride]

I had one done a year ago and fell asleep. They lady said that didn't happened often. I felt like a million bucks after that nap.

edit: MRI not CT

I've had two CT scan 's first time no problem second time I was ready to get out after 4 minutes.

 

[Firstram]

I had one done a year ago and fell asleep. They lady said that didn't happened often. I felt like a million bucks after that nap.

edit: MRI not CT

It's like falling asleep to the rhythmic rumble of a boat engine

 

[1oddtech]

I had one done a year ago and fell asleep. They lady said that didn't happened often. I felt like a million bucks after that nap.

edit: MRI not CT

After I starting having seizures I've spent a lot of time in a MRI and I also fall asleep listening to tunes.

 

[total newb]

Can you emercency rise uncontrolably in a sub like that ?

 

[PAE]

As long as the interior of the sub has 14.7 psi air.

 

[Gbkeith]

Read an article that said they could have 4 days of oxygen on board. Wonder if they do.

Eight days if you want it more than they do.

 

[NakedJeep]

I missed out on an oprotunity to take a deep (5k' iirc) sub drop in the bahamas. Saw the listing and kept seaching, then it was gone.

Deep sea is absolutely amazing to me.

If I got the money, im buying the ride.

Not sure if you have balls of steel, or brains of mush.

 

[NakedJeep]

Read a article that said they could have 4 days of oxygen on board. Wonder if they do.

96 hours of oxygen is useless if that thing cracked open.

 

[bunk]

96 hours of oxygen is useless if that thing cracked open.

Thats what im Thinking. Killed all the electrical components.

 

[Murse]

I heard they lost the key...

 

[nahmus]

probably wandered into the octopuses garden and never came back out

 

[bunk]

I mean really, how safe do you think a measly 250k sub ride is going to be. Sounds like a pretty cut rate operation.

 

[Rockbuggy84]

Based on the video posted above, you’d have to be a complete fucking moron to get in that thing.