Titanic tourist sub missing

[not-bono-ever]

Titanic tourist submersible: desperate search for sub missing with five onboard

French expert and British explorer believed to be among five onboard submersible missing in north Atlantic since Sunday

www.theguardian.com

I’m sorry But this is a well stupid adventure to pay 250k for

 

[Ax^]

maybe the trip was overstimulating for the guest and someone go sub happy

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Updates here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-65953941

I wouldn't fancy going deep in the ocean in a box - quite a risky endeavour.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Could be ideal for the smuggling of contraband. Can’t think of anyone else who would want a knocked off sub.

 

[tim]

Updates here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-65953941

I wouldn't fancy going deep in the ocean in a box - quite a risky endeavour.

The same goes for trying to reach the summit of Everest and orientating yourself by the corpses of failed fellow climbers as you ascend and descend..

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Should have read the article. Lost at sea isn’t the same thing in my mind as ‘gone missing’.

 

[NoXion]

I’m sorry But this is a well stupid adventure to pay 250k for

Hard disagree. I'm not interested in the Titanic specifically, but certainly I'd love to take a trip on a submarine and see the ocean's deeps up close for myself. If I could go with my mum, who's studying geology at an Irish university, and an expert in oceanic geology as a guide, it would be a hell of an expedition.

I'm not gonna be all sour grapes about it just because I can't drop 250k on the experience.

 

[Pickman's model]

Bet the people on the sub would drop £250k to be on the surface

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Bet the people on the sub would drop £250k to be on the surface

That's the Pilot's thinking.

 

[DotCommunist]

Submarines and helicopters. If they go wrong it's generally fatal

 

[Mumbles274]

What a horrible situation. Hope they are rescued

 

[StoneRoad]

Could be a very nasty [fatal] & expensive accident for the five people currently missing - not to mention the organising company.

As it has been some hours now, since the initial announcement, I'm losing hope that they've surfaced somewhere off course and have lost communications ...

 

[editor]

Pogue reads from what appears to be a waiver which describes the submersible as an “experimental” vessel, "that has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, disability, emotional trauma or death".

 

[T & P]

Whereas I’m sure it’d be interesting, if I were to undertake a high(er) risk activity and had hundreds of thousands to spare, I’d rather go up to space for eight minutes in Richard Branson’s rocket.

 

[Yossarian]

I'd sooner visit the Titanic on a one-way ticket than take a trip to space that involved spending time with Richard Branson, Elon Musk, or Jeff Bezos

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Could be a very nasty [fatal] & expensive accident for the five people currently missing - not to mention the organising company.

As it has been some hours now, since the initial announcement, I'm losing hope that they've surfaced somewhere off course and have lost communications ...

I think we can rule out them being on the surface as I am pretty sure they would have a EPIRB radio beacon.

I read the craft is made out of carbon fibre...which is very difficult to detect defects in (there is no equivalent to x-raying steel pressure hulls) Presumably they are either hung up on the wreck or the pressure hull failed. Neither is a nice situation. There have been very few successful submarine rescues and there's cannot be a lot of submersibles that are available to provide much actual help.
With the number of super yachts with submersibles now, it's surprising this doesn't happen more often.

 

[T & P]

I'd sooner visit the Titanic on a one-way ticket than take a trip to space that involved spending time with Richard Branson, Elon Musk, or Jeff Bezos

I don’t think any of them would be onboard tbh, other than perhaps the maiden flight.

 

[Sweet FA]

Well that doesn't look risky af at all

 

[Yossarian]

I hope it didn't somehow hit an iceberg

The company's CEO, Stockton Rush, could not be reached for comment Monday.

He spoke with CBC News in April, saying it was the earliest the expeditions had gone ahead. They typically aim for the summer months, since June is still iceberg season off the coast of Newfoundland.

"I've always wanted to see the icebergs or maybe even have the fortunate chance to dive next to one," he said. "So with the Polar Prince and its ice capabilities, we thought let's move the trip a little earlier this year."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/titanic-submarine-missing-search-1.6881095

 

[T & P]

Speaking of Bezos, the BBC live updates are reporting that it is believed British billionaire Hamish Harding, who had already been up in Bezos’s flying penis, was on board.

 

[not-bono-ever]

The sub company website is offline. Crisis management kicked in

 

[Cid]

I think we can rule out them being on the surface as I am pretty sure they would have a EPIRB radio beacon.

I read the craft is made out of carbon fibre...which is very difficult to detect defects in (there is no equivalent to x-raying steel pressure hulls) Presumably they are either hung up on the wreck or the pressure hull failed. Neither is a nice situation. There have been very few successful submarine rescues and there's carnet be a lot of submersibles that are available to provide much actual help.
With the number of super yachts with submersibles now, it's surprising this doesn't happen more often.

Titanium and carbon, you can see the pressure vessel about 3:55 in the video ed posted. Although not at all clear what is used where etc...

 

[Cid]

The sub company website is offline. Crisis management kicked in

Works for me?

OceanGate Home

oceangate.com

e2a: ah, I think the expedition site is down.

 

[Cid]

I think we can rule out them being on the surface as I am pretty sure they would have a EPIRB radio beacon.

I read the craft is made out of carbon fibre...which is very difficult to detect defects in (there is no equivalent to x-raying steel pressure hulls) Presumably they are either hung up on the wreck or the pressure hull failed. Neither is a nice situation. There have been very few successful submarine rescues and there's carnet be a lot of submersibles that are available to provide much actual help.
With the number of super yachts with submersibles now, it's surprising this doesn't happen more often.

They have some more info (albeit not much) on the engineering on their youtube channel (scroll down a bit, built 6ish years ago).

https://www.youtube.com/@OceanGateInc/videos

 

[Flavour]

Speaking of Bezos, the BBC live updates are reporting that it is believed British billionaire Hamish Harding, who had already been up in Bezos’s flying penis, was on board.

it would have been more spectacular if a billionaire had been blown up in a tourist space launch but i'll take this

 

[MickiQ]

It supposedly has enough air to last for 96hrs so there is a chance they may be alive but stuck on the bottom, There are specialist rescue subs that can go that deep I believe so it depends on how soon one can get there.
Personally I would prefer a trip aboard the Bearded Wonder's space plane myself rather than to the bottom of the Atlantic but whatever floats your boat or possibly not in this case.
This Hamish Harding character who I have never heard of was on the fifth flight of the Evil Overlord's Giant Space Phallus as well. It seems the Space Phallus has flown half a dozen times since Evil Overlord went up in it but the Bearded Wonder's competitor has only been up once since he did.

 

[tommers]

That would be a really cool thing to do, but maybe not in something described as "experimental".

 

[Tanya1982]

One of my worst nightmares is being on a submarine/submersible. Being on one at the site of something so frightening, to watch it loom out of the darkness, would be terrifying at the best of times. It seemed only a matter of time since something like this happened.

 

[Cid]

One of my worst nightmares is being on a submarine/submersible. Being on one at the site of something so frightening, to watch it loom out of the darkness, would be terrifying at the best of times. It seemed only a matter of time since something like this happened.

Never play the game Iron Lung.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Apparently been missing for more than a day, according to the BBC. Would be surprised if they're still alive to be honest.