Missing Titanic tourist submersible

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June 19, 2023, 10:46:59 PM Last Edit: June 19, 2023, 10:51:14 PM by al_infierno
Have you guys been following this story?  The more you look into it, the more insane it gets.  The thing was a total death trap apparently assembled from makeshift parts and controlled with a PlayStation controller.   :HideEyes:

Just to add to the insanity, they were bolted in from the outside with no way to get out without an external crew letting them out.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872
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W8taminute

#1
June 20, 2023, 07:24:57 AM
Oh wow, that's terrible.  I heard a report on the radio this morning that there is enough emergency oxygen to last until Thursday morning.  I hope they find them.
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undercovergeek

#2
June 20, 2023, 07:31:50 AM
recent reporting say the titanics own debris field will confuse any search as the sub wont stand out on a sonar sweep of the floor - has it got a 'transponder'?

nope

Gusington

#3
June 20, 2023, 08:49:27 AM
Nightmare situation.
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Sir Slash

#4
June 20, 2023, 10:02:29 AM
Totally insane. I would leave the ghosts of the Titanic to rest in peace.
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June 20, 2023, 01:26:52 PM Last Edit: June 20, 2023, 01:30:57 PM by steve58
Quote from: al_infierno on June 19, 2023, 10:46:59 PMHave you guys been following this story?  The more you look into it, the more insane it gets.  The thing was a total death trap apparently assembled from makeshift parts and controlled with a PlayStation controller.

Just to add to the insanity, they were bolted in from the outside with no way to get out without an external crew letting them out.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872

Charging $250,000 a seat, so they could have afforded a more sophisticated controller.   :idiot2:

Sounds like whatever happened, may have happened early in their descent; losing comms less than 2 hours into an 8 hour descent.
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Gusington

#6
June 20, 2023, 03:05:59 PM
Sweet merciful crap
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Groggy

#7
June 20, 2023, 10:06:57 PM
I mean we know OceanGate cut corners on safety because the CEO specifically said they did and fired an employee who tried to blow the whistle on serious structural issues.

The CEO who is down there.
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GDS_Starfury

#8
June 20, 2023, 10:53:02 PM
ya those people are dead.
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SirAndrewD

#9
June 20, 2023, 10:54:57 PM
That deep they might as well have crashed on the moon.

Might even be worse than that. 

I hope for their sake the sub imploded and didn't just settle intact.
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al_infierno

#10
June 21, 2023, 12:08:08 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on June 20, 2023, 10:53:02 PMya those people are dead.

Yeah, from what I've read the most likely and best case scenario is that they all died instantly when the submersible imploded due to faulty engineering around the time they stopped pinging and lost contact.
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- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian


If they made nothing but WWII games, I'd be perfectly content.  Hypothetical matchups from alternate history 1980s, asymmetrical US-bashes-some-3rd world guerillas, or minor wars between Upper Bumblescum and outer Kaboomistan hold no appeal for me.
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I guess it's sort of nice that the word "tactical" seems to refer to some kind of seriousness during your moments of mental clarity.
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undercovergeek

#11
June 21, 2023, 02:05:39 AM
Canadian rescuers have detected banging sounds every 30 minutes this morning - us navy on way

undercovergeek

#12
June 21, 2023, 02:07:12 AM
The story broke whilst I was talking to my dad about a really strongly supported theory Id read about that the wreck isn't the titanic it's the Olympic - all part of a big insurance scam by white star

al_infierno

#13
June 21, 2023, 02:51:12 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on June 21, 2023, 02:05:39 AMCanadian rescuers have detected banging sounds every 30 minutes this morning - us navy on way

Dang.  If that's them, it'd still take a miracle to rescue them.   :undecided:

As for the Olympic theory, I don't have links offhand but I'm quite sure that's been thoroughly debunked.
A War of a Madman's Making - a text-based war planning and political survival RPG

It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge.  War endures.  As well ask men what they think of stone.  War was always here.  Before man was, war waited for him.  The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.  That is the way it was and will be.  That way and not some other way.
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian


If they made nothing but WWII games, I'd be perfectly content.  Hypothetical matchups from alternate history 1980s, asymmetrical US-bashes-some-3rd world guerillas, or minor wars between Upper Bumblescum and outer Kaboomistan hold no appeal for me.
- Silent Disapproval Robot


I guess it's sort of nice that the word "tactical" seems to refer to some kind of seriousness during your moments of mental clarity.
- MengJiao

Gusington

#14
June 21, 2023, 08:14:04 AM
If it's not them... :huh:
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