Titanic tourist sub missing

[kebabking]

it's a great opportunity for vladimir putin to grab some good publicity for russia

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

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

As a percentage of the wealth of a billionaire, that's probably no more expense than going to Disneyland is for someone of the middle class, maybe less.

 

[andysays]

I think you maybe making your own assumptions about people from Pakistan.

Looks like he's been upgraded to British status now, at least by the BBC

British businessman Shahzada Dawood, from one of Pakistan's richest families, was travelling with his son, Suleman, on the sub...

...The Dawood family, who live in Surbiton, south-west London, are in Canada for a month.

 

[LDC]

If they're alive the time will fly by as they discuss what stars will play them in the film.

 

[Ax^]

Dawood is a Tory party donor so fuck him more so

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

As a percentage of the wealth of a billionaire, that's probably no more expense than going to Disneyland is for someone of the middle class, maybe less.

Should've done that then, no one's died on the 20,000 leagues under the sea ride yet.

 

[LDC]

Unless they've somehow surfaced and are bobbing about they're fucked surely?

 

[kebabking]

Should've done that then, no one's died on the 20,000 leagues under the sea ride yet.

That's not what I've told my children.

 

[A380]

Should've done that then, no one's died on the 20,000 leagues under the sea ride yet.

Given that it’s been there since. 1971 that’s probably not true.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

The press is reporting DEEP ENERGY, a pipelay ship, has arrived at the scene. This is a very capable, dynamically positioned, ship (and very similar to the ship I'm on at the moment). It will be equipped with a couple of ROVs, as above. Whether they are set up for 3,800 m of water I don't know...the brochure says up to 3,000 m. The ship looks like it was repositioning from the North Sea to North America, so they probably have all their kit on board.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Should've done that then, no one's died on the 20,000 leagues under the sea ride yet.

There have been people who died at Disneyland.

Disneyland Deaths

Nine guests have lost their lives on Disneyland attractions.

www.snopes.com

The one I remember was a kid that got eaten by an alligator at Disneyworld:

https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/15/us/alligator-attacks-child-disney-florida/index.html

 

[JimW]

Tory party doner

Sheesh.

 

[kebabking]

Unless they've somehow surfaced and are bobbing about they're fucked surely?

Even if they've surfaced, they are 400 miles out in the North Atlantic in a home made wheelbarrow that with roll like a mad thing on wet grass - it'll be be like getting on a washing machine with lumps of scaffolding.

When the ARA San Juan went missing in the south Atlantic one of the big concerns was that she'd have to do an emergency surface in dreadful weather - she wasn't designed to sit on the surface in big seas and her crew would be properly bashed about - like engines and banks of batteries breaking loose and rolling around inside the sub.

She weighed 2000 tons.

This thing...?

 

[urbanspaceman]

Frantic search costing millions underway to rescue rich white people

Actually, two of the five people on the Titan have brownish skin. They are Shahzada Dawood (48) and his son Sulaiman Dawood (19), who are of Pakistani heritage.

So this is quite an awkward situation.

On the one hand it would be great if some affluent white men were to die. But this means that two brown men would die too.

What do you think ? Does the benefit of 3 dead white men outweigh the drawback of 2 brown men dying ?

It really is a puzzler. But - there is a get out. The two brown men are rich. So perhaps they deserve to die as well, despite being brown, because they are rich.

 

[kebabking]

Sheesh.

No, that's the thread about bellaozzydog's alley....

 

[danny la rouge]

.

 

[steveo87]

Skewered.

Flattened

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Actually, two of the five people on the Titan have brownish skin. They are Shahzada Dawood (48) and his son Sulaiman Dawood (19), who are of Pakistani heritage.

So this is quite an awkward situation.

On the one hand it would be great if some affluent white men were to die. But this means that two brown men would die too.

What do you think ? Does the benefit of 3 dead white men outweigh the drawback of 2 brown men dying ?

It really is a puzzler. But - there is a get out. The two brown men are rich. So perhaps they deserve to die as well, despite being brown, because they are rich.

They two brown men are billionaires, so fuck 'em.

 

[LDC]

Even if they've surfaced, they are 400 miles out in the North Atlantic in a home made wheelbarrow that with roll like a mad thing on wet grass - it'll be be like getting on a washing machine with lumps of scaffolding.

When the ARA San Juan went missing in the south Atlantic one of the big concerns was that she'd have to do an emergency surface in dreadful weather - she wasn't designed to sit on the surface in big seas and her crew would be properly bashed about - like engines and banks of batteries breaking loose and rolling around inside the sub.

She weighed 2000 tons.

This thing...?

Close the thread, they're dead (or soon to be) aren't they?

 

[Petcha]

They two brown men are billionaires, so fuck 'em.

Jesus

 

[Ax^]

Sheesh.

look I'm sure they run out of Oxygen first before they have to resort to eating the tory

 

[Epona]

Actually, two of the five people on the Titan have brownish skin. They are Shahzada Dawood (48) and his son Sulaiman Dawood (19), who are of Pakistani heritage.

So this is quite an awkward situation.

On the one hand it would be great if some affluent white men were to die. But this means that two brown men would die too.

What do you think ? Does the benefit of 3 dead white men outweigh the drawback of 2 brown men dying ?

It really is a puzzler. But - there is a get out. The two brown men are rich. So perhaps they deserve to die as well, despite being brown, because they are rich.

I don't wish death on anyone.

Really everyone on there should have known better, being incredibly wealthy cannot shield you from stuff going wrong when you do something bonkers. It's like people who try to climb Everest just because they can afford it.

I take the point about them not all being white, my bad.

Doesn't change the stupidity of what they were doing and the media attention on these wealthy fools taking priority over people dying in small boats (which our government and others have shamefully made worse, instead of allowing people to travel here by safer methods).

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Actually, two of the five people on the Titan have brownish skin. They are Shahzada Dawood (48) and his son Sulaiman Dawood (19), who are of Pakistani heritage.

but neither has been described by the press as being an "explorer", unlike two of the white tourists.

 

[JimW]

look I'm sure they run out of Oxygen first before they have to resort to eating the tory

Best to tuck in early just in case.

 

[urbanspaceman]

I'm sorry you can try to justify it like that all you want, but it is because it is a handful of wealthy white blokes that it has made the news on this occasion.

There are loads of other tragic tales that could be made into news stories, but our media drives the cart so to speak - I am not in any way blaming you or holding you responsible for the coverage or for being interested, but it is what it is, and that is that we should be more interested in these lives than any others.

But two of the people of Pakistani origin, and so have brownish skin. Since 40% of the people in danger are not white, perhaps the press should concentrate on these brown people.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Jesus

Another brown man, but one who could walk on water so would've been fine here.

 

[JimW]

but neither has been described by the press as being an "explorer", unlike two of the white tourists.

They meant Internet Explorer, 404 and crash.

 

[friedaweed]

Even if they've surfaced, they are 400 miles out in the North Atlantic in a home made wheelbarrow that with roll like a mad thing on wet grass - it'll be be like getting on a washing machine with lumps of scaffolding.

When the ARA San Juan went missing in the south Atlantic one of the big concerns was that she'd have to do an emergency surface in dreadful weather - she wasn't designed to sit on the surface in big seas and her crew would be properly bashed about - like engines and banks of batteries breaking loose and rolling around inside the sub.

She weighed 2000 tons.

This thing...?

Can't be opened from the inside apparently. Now that was a bit of an oversight in the planning stages.

 

[danny la rouge]

I wouldn’t wish the death they’ve likely faced on anyone.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

But two of the people of Pakistani origin, and so have brownish skin. Since 40% of the people in danger are not white, perhaps the press should concentrate on these brown people.

They are, BBC front page: