Titanic tourist sub missing

[planetgeli]

I come here and post an actual update and youse just keep pissing at each other.

I tell ya'.

20 posts too late though mate.

 

[andysays]

Some interesting details here

OceanGate co-founder fears there may have been an 'instantaneous implosion'​

The man who co-founded OceanGate with missing submersible pilot Stockton Rush has told BBC News there may have been an “instantaneous implosion” of the craft. Guillermo Söhnlein was being interviewed as news of the emergence of debris in that Atlantic came in.
He said he would not be surprised if there was something on the surface.
Söhnlein said: “I know that our protocol for lost comms is for the pilot to surface the sub. From the beginning I always thought that’s probably what Stockton would have done.
"In which case it becomes very difficult to find the sub because the surface ship wouldn’t have known it was coming up and wouldn’t have known where to look.
"My biggest fear through this whole thing watching the operations unfold is that they’re floating around on the surface and they’re just very difficult to find.”
He said there was a possibility there had been a catastrophe. “What I do know is regardless of the sub, when you’re operating at depth the pressure is so great on any sub that if there is a failure it would be an instantaneous implosion. If that’s what happened that’s what would have happened four days ago,” he said..
Söhnlein, who left OceanGate 10 years ago, said he would not have acted differently in the circumstances. He said: “If anything, I think we need to go back and learn from what’s happening, find out what’s happened, take those lessons and carry them forward.”

 

[two sheds]

"I think we need to go back and learn from what’s happening, find out what’s happened, take those lessons and carry them forward.”

Well quite, and the first lesson we carry forward is not to go down to view the Titanic in a TOOOB.

 

[WouldBe]

They've found a debris field around the Titanic. There's always been a debris field around the Titanic.

 

[maomao]

Commentators are saying debris field is pretty obvious code for completely fucked. They wouldn't have commented at all if they weren't relatively sure. For the two old risk takers and adventurers on board it's not a terrible death at all, I'm sure they wouldn't have wanted to go in their sleep; for the rich folk I'm not that bothered at all and while not exactly wishing it upon them, happy to joke about it; I do feel sorry for the kid though.

 

[brogdale]

Kind of makes you wonder what was banging every half hour, then?

Just what are the aliens up to down there?

 

[maomao]

They've found a debris field around the Titanic. There's always been a debris field around the Titanic.

That's what I thought. The Titanic is a debris field surely.

 

[Duncan2]

They've found a debris field around the Titanic. There's always been a debris field around the Titanic.

Yeh but not one with a game console in its centre?

 

[Wilf]

Yeh but not one with a game console in its centre?

More likely to be quoits.

 

[planetgeli]

Christ, it keeps on giving this one.

A friend of Stockton Rush, who is on board the missing Titan sub, said the OceanGate CEO told him the weather was “very, very bad” in an email the day before the vessel went missing.
Arthur Loibl described his experience on a 2021 dive to the Titanic as “a kamikaze operation”. The lights were turned off during the 2.5-hour journey to and from the wreckage site, with a fluorescent glow stick providing the only light, he said.
He added that he agreed with some experts who have called for trips to the Titanic wreck to stop.

This way of diving down there has to be stopped forever.

A glow stick. FFS.

 

[Duncan2]

Christ, it keeps on giving this one.

A friend of Stockton Rush, who is on board the missing Titan sub, said the OceanGate CEO told him the weather was “very, very bad” in an email the day before the vessel went missing.
Arthur Loibl described his experience on a 2021 dive to the Titanic as “a kamikaze operation”. The lights were turned off during the 2.5-hour journey to and from the wreckage site, with a fluorescent glow stick providing the only light, he said.
He added that he agreed with some experts who have called for trips to the Titanic wreck to stop.



A glow stick. FFS.

No doubt another find whilst at the camping shop

 

[Tanya1982]

Some interesting details here

OceanGate co-founder fears there may have been an 'instantaneous implosion'​

What an absolute wanker Stockton Rush was. Built a death trap and was proud of himself.

 

[keybored]

A glow stick. FFS.

Rave to the grave.

 

[Pickman's model]

Gabi and something else. Lies about it too.

Reiabuzz

 

[Magnus McGinty]

That's what I thought. The Titanic is a debris field surely.

They obviously think it has relevance. I’m gutted that they didn’t get to kill the CEO whilst trapped on the sea bed though.

 

[Yossarian]

There are going to be so many shit plays written about this, just another reason to hope that when the thing’s found it’ll be clear they imploded or whatever ages ago, so that the plays are short.

Interior, Titan submersible. Five men are crammed into a small, dimly lit space.

Older man, with French accent: "Do you hear someth..."

Stage goes dark. "NO REFUNDS" sign flashes.

 

[WouldBe]

Debris found is the landing frame and rear cover.

 

[belboid]

BBC saying its confirmed at least some of the debris is from the 'sub'

 

[andysays]

Landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible' among the debris​

We have just had an update from dive expert David Mearns, who says the debris includes "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible".
Mearns is a friend of passengers aboard the Titan.
David Mearns has told the BBC that the president of the Explorers Club (which is connected to the diving and rescue community), says the debris includes "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible".

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Interior, Titan submersible. Five men are crammed into a small, dimly lit space.

Older man, with French accent: "Do you hear someth..."

Stage goes dark. "NO REFUNDS" sign flashes.

Turn on monitor with PlayStation controller

“YOU ARE DEAD - GAME OVER” flashes on the screen

 

[redcogs]

The youngster is probably the only real victim in this sad scenario. The rest were old enough to properly evaluate consequences of toying around at great depth locked within a death trap for money. Mercifully they all went instantly, possibly even enjoying some moment or other. Playing fast and loose, essentially gambling, with extreme danger, is deranged, possibly psychotic behaviour. Fuck me.

 

[LDC]

Non-commercial bunch of explorers and engineers (or similar) building it to try and reach the depths and push the boundaries of what's possible I would have admiration for, even with the risks if they all fully understand them.

Commercial endeavour run by someone who seemed happy to ignore safety warnings and concerns to charge rich people to go down for no good reason beyond some kind of jaunt is complete fucking stupidity.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Non-commercial bunch of explorers and engineers (or similar) building it to try and reach the depths and push the boundaries of what's possible I would have admiration for, even with the risks if they all fully understand them.

Commercial endeavour run by someone who seemed happy to ignore safety warnings and concerns to charge rich people to go down for no good reason beyond some kind of jaunt is complete fucking stupidity.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

 

[Flavour]

Fantastic detail : Stockton Rush's wife, Wendy Rush, is the great-great-grandaughter of people who died on the Titanic and who are even shown in the film!

Wendy Rush, the wife of missing OceanGate CEO and pilot, related to Titanic victims: Report

Wendy Rush, the wife of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush who is missing on the Titan sub, is the great-great-granddaughter or Titanic victims, reports say.

eu.usatoday.com

 

[Artaxerxes]

BBC saying its confirmed at least some of the debris is from the 'sub'

Given the revelations about how little was spent on it I’m surprised there’s enough to find

 

[petee]

"Dive expert David Mearns told the BBC the president of the Explorers Club - which is connected to the diving and rescue community - says the debris includes "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible"

Titan sub debris field: Parts of missing sub's cover found, expert says

Debris found in the search includes a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible.

www.google.com

20 posts too late though mate.

IT'S STILL TRUE !!#*&&^!

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I think planetgeli called it first though.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

They've found a debris field around the Titanic. There's always been a debris field around the Titanic.

Presumably not before the iceberg

 

[SpookyFrank]

I wonder what the last thing that went through Stockton Rush's mind was.

Someone else's femur, probably.

 

[Cloo]

I kind of hope that means it fell to bits and everyone went quickly at least