Posted on 06/21/2023 8:43:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
As time runs out for the passengers on the Titan submersible that went looking deep into the sea for wreckage of the Titanic, a last-ditch effort involving heavy machinery and submarines arrived in Newfoundland on Tuesday night.
Three C-17 aircraft from the U.S. Air Force reportedly landed at a cargo terminal in St. John’s, Newfoundland, carrying unmanned vehicles capable of going 19,000 feet underwater as well as two heavy-duty Hyundai winches emblazoned “6000 kg line pull,” a huge roll of cable, and two large machines that said “high voltage” on their sides, The Daily Mail reported. A forklift truck loaded the equipment onto six flatbed trucks.
The equipment was taken to a port where a ship dubbed the Horizon Arctic was scheduled to leave at midnight, although the journey to the area where Titan is submerged would take 15 hours. The Titan may be as deep as 12,000 feet below the surface and weighs 10,432 kg, so both winches would be necessary to pull it out.
Late Tuesday night, “banging sounds” were reported coming in 30-minute intervals near where the Titan went missing with its passengers: billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, and Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Sulaiman Dawood, 19.
“RCC Halifax launched a P8, Poseidon, which has underwater detection capabilities from the air,” the Department of Homeland Security said in an e-mail. “The P8 deployed sonobuoys, which reported a contact in a position close to the distress position. The P8 heard banging sounds in the area every 30 minutes. Four hours later additional sonar was deployed and banging was still heard.”
On Tuesday afternoon, Capt. Jamie Frederick with the Coast Guard’s 1st District estimated that the passengers aboard the Titan had limited oxygen left. “We know there’s about 40 hours of breathable air left based on that initial report,” he said.
Acknowledging that the search area was “larger than the state of Connecticut,” he added that his estimate of the remaining oxygen was based on OceanGate Expeditions saying that the Titan had a 96-hour life support system, meaning the oxygen would run out at roughly 5 a.m. ET on Thursday.
Another concern regarding the passengers comes from the fact that a 2022 report by CBS correspondent David Pogue said the Titan’s hatch is sealed by an external crew with 17 bolts, so they cannot open the hatch from the inside.
That is a good - posted on Fakebook.
He actually knows something, as opposed to the legions of morons who don’t know $**t.
“Wonder how many 50-yo white guys are now trying to save their asses. Bet he doesn’t have a problem with THAT.”
File this under “self hating white guy learns the hard way that age and expertise trumps virtue signaling”.
Think of it as training.
Should have focused more on what he did want...people who could build a sub.
People who build subs ARE mostly 50 year old white guys.
That’s what it will be.................
“Another waste of taxpayers’ money.”
And yet another rescue of stuckonstupid thrill-seekers with more money than brains. If these people are successfully rescued, they should have to pay back for the cost of their rescue. If they can afford to pay $250,000 for the thrill, they can afford to pay even more for their lives being saved.
I don’t get the need for the adrenaline rush of putting your life in danger and on the line that some folks seem to have. It’s like they’re addicted. Addictions are expensive, but it shouldn’t be the taxpaying public that bears that expense.
Good overview from an expert. Thank you for sharing.
I don’t think you’re a very nice person.
“I don’t think you’re a very nice person.”
Lol....opinions vary. But considering how much taxpayer $$$ has been spent, or rather wasted, to rescue “thrill-seekers” over the decades, I stand by my opinion on this topic.
Good Video-—Thanks.
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I worked on the Navy’s DSRV-Mystic made by
Lockheed-Martin and were all Submariners and Took Every aspect seriously !
The Titan seems a Joke.
The cost of the rescue effort should be charged to the guy’s estate.
“The equipment was taken to a port where a ship dubbed the Horizon Arctic was scheduled to leave at midnight, although the journey to the area where Titan is submerged would take 15 hours. The Titan may be as deep as 12,000 feet below the surface and weighs 10,432 kg, so both winches would be necessary to pull it out.”
If they are still alive the vehicle would weigh much much less underwater.
A man’s got to know his limitations. I certainly don’t know the owner but all of this seems to reek of someone with a sort of chip on his shoulder about “the old guard” of submarine experts. Hubris on display. You can’t do something like that on the cheap. Tragic.
Some keep mentioning the hatch sealed from outside. What possible difference does that make under water in general and at 12,500 feet specifically?
Sad but this is a rogue operation and these people are going to pay for their lack of good judgement with their lives. The passengers were not qualified to understand the risk they took. I’m not sure the owner was either.
Recovery will be soon after death or not at all. The environment may be worse than outer space. Just as remote but outer space doesn’t crush you. In terms of keeping systems running, space is almost benign by comparison.
I have more than 30 years of pioneering subsea and 40+ years of high pressure fluid containment experience. It is a terrible environment for ROVs and systems let alone human carrying apparatus. I was consistently amazed we could make anything run at depth let alone last for a very long time and I sure never wanted to go to those environments in person. In such extremes you only live with extreme respect, caution and technical ability. After that, draconian process is your only friend.
And ENTHUSIASTIC! Don’t forget to bring the bright eyed enthusiastic youngsters with lots of brains. Doesn’t matter what the brains are full of, just bring lots of enthusiastic ones.
Any problems he may be having now are not of this world.
The hatch doesn’t matter one way or other after about 10 feet.
But apparently this pathetic vessel had no back-up systems at all, and no way of sending up even a balloon to mark their location....................
A good friend of mine showed me copies of the x-rays taken during his training in the Navy back in the 80s. Of four taken he got one ‘not quite perfect’ result and had to retake the training. He passed the second time and spent his 4 years on a Destroyer Tender. Poor sod hated every minute of it. But I know it did him some good.
jeez ya get to poop in a platic baggie on dsrvs
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