Submarine meant to view Titanic wreck loses contact at bottom of sea

[Mike in Horseheads]

7 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

lol yeah that's me, the bitter docile ghoul on youtube

 

you, however, are surely wanting to conserve that energy as you participate in the rescue effort. ill send you my thoughts and prayers

 

 

 

 

LOL...  I'm sure they will be right there 

[GoBills808]

1 minute ago, 4merper4mer said:

And the 600 migrants you mentioned were being smart?  Did they deserve their prize too?
 

No one should be able to force you to think or not think in a certain way. It seems you’re taking glee in some peoples horrific death because they were rich.  That’s your prerogative.  It’s my prerogative to find that pathetic and sad…..which I do.

The point of the comparison was the manner (and timing) in which the two events occurred and why one might choose to care about one vs the other

 

That the circumstances which led to both tragedies were completely different should have gone without mentioning but alas

[4merper4mer]

1 minute ago, GoBills808 said:

The point of the comparison was the manner (and timing) in which the two events occurred and why one might choose to care about one vs the other

 

That the circumstances which led to both tragedies were completely different should have gone without mentioning but alas

That some might find mocking people who died a horrific death distasteful  should have gone without mentioning distasteful but alas.

 

If you have an issue with the media’s comparative coverage then perhaps there is a way to say that without turning your anger and mockery toward the deceased.  As far as I’m aware, they are uninvolved in the decision making process of the media.

[GoBills808]

Just now, 4merper4mer said:

That some might find mocking people who died a horrific death distasteful  should have gone without mentioning distasteful but alas.

 

If you have an issue with the media’s comparative coverage then perhaps there is a way to say that without turning your anger and mockery toward the deceased.  As far as I’m aware, they are uninvolved in the decision making process of the media.

As far as I know I haven't mocked the folks in the submarine...certainly not in this thread

 

but if you really want something to be upset about I'll admit the irony of a luxury submarine tour sinking in full view of the Titanic is not lost on me

[4merper4mer]

1 minute ago, GoBills808 said:

As far as I know I haven't mocked the folks in the submarine...certainly not in this thread

 

but if you really want something to be upset about I'll admit the irony of a luxury submarine tour sinking in full view of the Titanic is not lost on me

“Play stupid games get stupid prizes” is not mockery?  What is it?  Empathy?  Indifference?  

[GoBills808]

1 minute ago, 4merper4mer said:

“Play stupid games get stupid prizes” is not mockery?  What is it?  Empathy?  Indifference?  

sheer indifference

 

likely hereditary

[SCBills]

 

[4merper4mer]

1 minute ago, SCBills said:

 

If someone ate a rich dude, wouldn’t the rich dude have had an untimely death?

 

That Tweet contradicts itself.

[SCBills]

8 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

If someone ate a rich dude, wouldn’t the rich dude have had an untimely death?

 

That Tweet contradicts itself.

Im not even an “eat the rich” type, but that crowd is 💯 showing their true colors today. 

 

Using dead migrants as cover to express not-so-subtle glee over the suffering and death of those they despise. 
 

It’s all so gross. 

[Saxum]

8 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Yeah. The integrity (of hull) has to be maintained. Gotta just accept, it's a death trap.

 

This one is going 13,000 feet. Military submarines go only like 1,500 feet... Not sure where I heard that.

 

Update: They supposedly are picking up noises in the water... 

 

 

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The US Navy's Los Angeles-class submarines are the world's deepest diving submarines, capable of reaching depths of up to 950 feet. 

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The test depth of modern nuclear attack submarines such as the American Seawolf class is estimated at 490 meters (1,600 ft), which translates to a collapse depth of 730 meters (2,400 ft).

 

Russian submarine Losharik

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2,000–2,500 metres (6,600–8,200 ft) depth in the Arctic Ocean in 2012

 

 

 

Bathyscaphes are different than submarines although both are underwater vehicles.  I do not think they can be used in rescues due to the different ways they operate.

 

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Trieste is a Swiss-designed, Italian-built deep-diving research bathyscaphe which reached a record depth of about 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench near Guam in the Pacific. On 23 January 1960, Jacques Piccard (son of the boat's designer Auguste Piccard) and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh achieved the goal of Project Nekton. It was the first crewed vessel to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep.

 

[Gregg]

19 minutes ago, NUT said:

Time is up for those explorers. RIP.

 

Pretty much. I doubt they ever find it. Look at Titanic. It sank in 1912 and wasn't found until 1985. That was a huge ship. Trying to find this little sub or whatever it's called in pitch black water at the bottom of the ocean with the currents moving things around. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

[TheCockSportif]

9 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

Pretty much. I doubt they ever find it. Look at Titanic. It sank in 1912 and wasn't found until 1985. That was a huge ship. Trying to find this little sub or whatever it's called in pitch black water at the bottom of the ocean with the currents moving things around. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

That Air France plane was found at 3.9k meters depth (Atlantic Ocean).  It took almost two years, and I'm sure that technology has improved since then, but they found an object that had broken into many pieces on impact.  In that sense looking for a small thing in big and deep waters is possible, although it's not going to happen overnight.

 

On the other hand, there has to be a reason to sustain a lengthy search, so the impetus of doing so with the crash of a commercial airliner may not be the same for this vessel?  Time will tell.

 

[Doc]

I hope they died instantly.  I heard something about an implosion being heard soon after they descended and hope that's what it was.

Edited June 22, 2023 by Doc

[Gregg]

3 minutes ago, TheCockSportif said:

That Air France plane was found at 3.9k meters depth (Atlantic Ocean).  It took almost two years, and I'm sure that technology has improved since then, but they found an object that had broken into many pieces on impact.  In that sense looking for a small thing in big and deep waters is possible, although it's not going to happen overnight.

 

On the other hand, there has to be a reason to sustain a lengthy search, so the impetus of doing so with the crash of a commercial airliner may not be the same for this vessel?  Time will tell.

 

 

I hope they find it and by some miracle they are alive. But at this point it's probably a search and recover instead of rescue.

[May Day 10]

I'm thinking it is gone and will never be located.

[NoSaint]

2 hours ago, May Day 10 said:

I'm thinking it is gone and will never be located.

at this point the most likely outcome unless by some random coincidence they landed on the ocean floor close enough to the titanic that someone stumbles into them… and even if someone does it sounds unlikely it’d be anything remotely recognizable to identify. But maybe a random piece gets found.

[Gregg]

There is not enough money in the world to make me want to get in this thing. What were they thinking.

 

 

 

[T&C]

Debris field found, not sure if it's the sub at this point in time though.

[SCBills]

Great tweet.  
 

 

[Gregg]

USCGNortheast on Twitter: "A debris field was discovered within the search area by an ROV near the Titanic. Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information. 1/2" / Twitter