Posted on 06/20/2023 8:22:30 PM PDT by algore
4Hope of finding the Titan five - the crew on board a missing sub on an expedition to the Titanic shipwreck - have grown after rescue groups reported 'likely signs of life' and 'banging sounds.'
A Canadian Aircraft, part of the enormous search mission looking for the missing Titanic tourists, heard 'banging' at 30-minute intervals in the area the submarine disappeared.
The banging was noted in emails exchanged with the US Department of Homeland Security and seen by Rolling Stone.
Richard Garriot de Cayeux, President of The Explorers Club, confirmed in a Tuesday night social media post that 'there is cause for hope.'
In a statement he said: 'We have much greater confidence that 1) There is cause for hope, based on data from the field - we understand that likely signs of life have been detected at the site.'
It's unclear when the banging sounds were heard, and officials have not confirmed the reports or said they have found the crew that has been stuck in the deep Atlantic Ocean since the submersible launched Sunday and quickly lost contact with others.
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What oxygen line would function under 6000 pounds of external pressure? It would need to be as stiff and strong as the sub itself. This isn’t 100ft, or 200 ft down, it is 12,500ft.
A port would be a huge safety risk at the pressures this sub is supposed to operate. This sub is a carbon fiber tube bolted shut from the outside. No ports. They could be floating on the surface right now and still suffocate if they aren’t found.
Yes, all valid points. Maybe not on those that work at such depths.
“I can’t imagine the horror speaking as someone who has to be sedated for an MRI.”
I will never have another one without sedation. I never knew how bad my claustrophobia was until that procedure after I was having sciatica problems.
A little off topic. Here’s an iPhone that made it to the bottom of Lake Tahoe and survived, sort of.
“The only way to save them is to raise it to the surface.” True. The pressure at 12,000 feet below sea level blocks other options. Prayers for the adventurers. Submarines can be fragile.
And can they be raised up fast enough to save their lives before their oxygen runs out without killing them with the bends?
“Just like the Apollo 1 capsule when Gus Grissom and the others burned up on the launch pad.” True. Pilots asked North American Aviation in Downey to make Apollo doors that open toward the outside. However, Max Faget at NASA ordered that the Apollo doors open toward the inside, because he personally worked with Navy submarines. Moral of the story: listen to pilots and do not listen to submariners when designing a space craft.
I wanted Radar Search for Christmas after seeing the ad. I was never able to figure out how to play it.
it would be a miracle....
I think there are designated ships/aircraft specifically listening for sounds on the surface of the ocean...that would be the best case scenario.....
Maybe they can rig a row of 3-4 big magnets like the ones that pick up junk-yard cars and big pieces of metal. Fix the device to the end of the long winch-line.
This assumes the hull is made out of high grade steel like the nuclear subs.
Bends won’t be a factor because the ambient pressure is the same inside as it is on the surface, so nitrogen build-up in the bloodstream doesn’t happen.
The same reason submariners don’t have to worry about it, but divers certainly do.
I don’t think they are subject to high pressure inside the vessel. The bends are due to dissolved gas, nitrogen and others coming out of solution in the bloodstream during decompression during the surfacing. A decompression chamber drives the gas back into the bloodstream and slowly pressure is dropped to allow time for the lungs to get rid of the gases. Any scuba certified diver knows the procedure. Dives below 100’ are not for sport divers. The deeper the dive the greater the risk for any underwater endeavor.
Hack into the Playstation controller and maneuver them out of the abyss with an old fashioned joystick.
Sonobuoys.
The hull is carbon fiber.
I read that the Navy doesn’t have anything that can reach 12,000 feet down to rescue them. I wonder if any other government has a craft which can submerge to that depth to effect a rescue.
I think this experiment went south. Old Navy Sub sailors aren’t to hopeful. I was on a 1000 ft plus boat. I figured if we go down that deep we’re screwed. I don’t know what the USN has now but I know what sea water pressure is at 1000 feet. I hope they are bobbing on the surface and are found. Failing that, there’s a lot of good people down there to rest with.
Wont work without the right cheat codes.
This ain’t a video game. The battery maybe out, the oxygen is running out, and pressures exceeds 500 psi, temperature is close to freezing. No heat, no air, and joy stick’s don’t do shitz. Better go get a grip your joystick. These folks are all but done. Just saying.
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