Hard to believe that seemingly intelligent people not only went down in that thing but paid $250,000 to do so. I saw a video of the CEO “showing off” his death can and was stunned at how basic and poorly made it appeared to be. How anyone could have looked at that and said, “heck yeah, sign me up”, is beyond me. If any of the other passengers had done any investigating (even basic Googling), they would have found information on the internet about this sub, the company and its CEO and the lawsuit brought by 2 former employees who were fired for bringing up safety concerns. They guy was an arrogant maverick who cut corners and hired inspirational youngsters rather than knowledgeable and skilled old white guys.
The saddest thing is the fact that the 19-year-old kid was terrified and didn’t really want to go but did to please his father.
Lastly, there is now information that the Navy heard the implosion days ago. If this turns out to be true, the question is, "why was this news withheld and why was millions of $ wasted continuing a search for something that wasn’t there?
I wouldn’t have gone either. He admitted that using carbon fiber and titanium was risky and untested. I know that both are light and strong but neither have any elasticity so its also brittle . One fracture and boom. I think the reason the Navy continued the search was to verify that their top secrete equipment was actually working. You don’t really believe that the search should never have been started because the Navy heard something do you ?
There is no excuse for a disaster like this. . Every boat I have ever owned was completely inspected after and before every trip and anything questionable was brought up to speed. When human lives are being placed in such obvious danger the vessel should undergo a complete rigorous survey . The rats are jumping off the ship now reporting shoddy maintenance . Absolutely shameful.
International waters = no rules. Every person on the sub was an adult that signed a waiver. No doubt the waiver contained all kinds of “death”, “risk”, “experimental”, and other phrases that clearly stated that one was not expected to return.
The lawyers will have their fun and we’ll get to see the waiver they signed.
I bet every person that had been on the sub is thinking, “that could have been me.”
I gave you an answer, but it got flagged and removed. Shame we have tender skinned grown men. Basically just a thought from me. Looking back it just seems like when certain news stories take front stage we seem to have some sort of big disaster to come out in the news. That’s all. like UFO sightings, The Palestine Train wreck, … I sincerely hope this doesn’t trigger the flag. Hard to tip toe and keep everyone happy.
Prayers for all the family member of those that were in the submersible. Blueskyguy summed it up.
Not to sound like a heartless jackass.
But these people knew the risk.
Everyone said it’s just a matter of time. But fortunately it sounds like their death was pretty instantaneous. The owner of the company should be responsible for the money spent on the rescue.
And the other thing. There is no means to have rescued them. So what was the point.
Just like Mount Everest over 300 people and died in 100 years trying to scale the mountain.
My opinion: stuff like this is you should be responsible to put your own rescue team/ mercenaries together prior.
If not you’re on your own.
He added Magellan’s remotely operated vehicle was unique in that it was likely the only asset available to have a winch capable of dragging submersibles from the depths of the ocean. It can also detect signals and send them above the surface.
There’s more out there but well you know the thing
If I understand it correctly the Navy heard a noise. At the time they may have thought they knew what the sound pattern was but they did not have confirmation. Without confirmation it was reasonable to continue the search.
If they knew it was something imploding it could have been another object.
Once the debris field was found it was easy to match that with the noise.
I hadn’t heard bad info about the oxygen time. The info on the tapping noises continues to be interesting.
I’m sure the Navy, and possibly the CG, has all kinds of tech that isn’t publicly known. If they tell to much the bad guys can figure it out. It’s possible that they had all the details before, when and after it happened.
