Posted on 06/19/2023 10:59:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
I have a hard time getting insurance for a machine shop without a hassle on stuff, I can’t even imagine getting liability insurance on a submersible business.
“Adventure is bad planning” — Lowell Thomas.
““Adventure is bad planning” — Lowell Thomas.”
but good times ........ some guy( he was never found)
YIKES!
And I thought I was crazy for going into the Central American jungle to participate in archaeology, excavation.
Play stupid games........................
Perhaps the ultimate in Titanic tourism.
I wonder, was this the company’s first dive?..............
It's certain that they signed a document listing the many risks inherent to the activity and in which they agreed to assume those risks. Such an agreement would provide a defense to the touring company and, thus, to its insurance company. Of course, if the loss was due to company's intentional misconduct or gross negligence rather than the inherent risks of the activity, there might be a different outcome.
Their web site actually touts the “off the shelf” components.
I worked on the NAVYs DSRV Avalon/Mystic.
Very complex even with 1960 technology.
The depths of the sea and the abyss of space seem equally threatening.
Controlled by a computer running Windows?
Not facing that nightmare seems simple enough...
Video game controller to pilot the vessel. See post 24
Iceberg?
Their site boast off shelf uses.
Hadn’t thought about that, but yes, it could..................
Maybe we can dig them up in 100 years
We can have a tourist sub to visit the wreckage of the Tourist sub...
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia said the vessel was reported overdue around 9:13 p.m. Sunday, about 435 miles (700 kilometres) south of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Lt. Cmdr. Len Hickey said a Canadian Coast Guard vessel and military aircraft were assisting the search effort, which was being led by the U.S. Coast Guard in Boston.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZPRM8vsFc
David Pogue, a CBS reporter who travelled in the Titan submersible last year, told the BBC about the issues that both the submersible crew and the land crew are likely to be experiencing, saying that there is currently “no way” to communicate with the vessel as neither GPS nor radio “work under water”.
“When the support ship is directly over the sub, they can send short text messages back and forth. Clearly those are no longer getting a response,” Mr Pogue said.
He added that because the passengers are sealed inside the vessel by bolts applied from the outside, “there’s no way to escape, even if you rise to the surface by yourself. You cannot get out of the sub without a crew on the outside letting you out.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65953872
I was speaking of the newsreel announcer. His son (same name) was state senator and Lt. Governor from Alaska.
Maybe you’re thinking of Begich?
Possibly the object of the newsreel — I don’t know who that was....
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