“Hope his company is forced to pick up the tab for the S&R.”
If the company didn’t request the rescue operations then perhaps they’re not on the hook for them. But certainly lawsuits unless the participants signed wavers.
I wonder why the vessel wasn’t tethered by a cable to the support ship.
Maybe they drove the vessel somewhere where the propellor got tangled up.
Those damn tuna nets don't just catch flipper.
I wondered why it wasn’t tethered as well.
“I wonder why the vessel wasn’t tethered by a cable to the support ship.”
Well, like the story says “we don’t have a 13,000 foot cable”.
I imagine they could have one made, but they were set on building an independent submersible, not a diving bell. And maybe the cable would have cost more than the vessel they actually built.
I wonder why the vessel wasn’t tethered by a cable to the support ship.
it would have caused so much force on the sub that ocean currents would move the sub where ever they are going. Or most likely, would have simply ripped the hook from the sub.