What’s it like on the Titanic sub? Ex-passenger recalls trip amid ‘torturous’ wait for news

Global News ^ | June 21, 2023 3:41 pm | By Sean Previl

[piasa]

If the freefall is 3 hrs and the sub lost contact at 1 HR 45 min or so, then it had its problem roughly halfway down?

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Since there doesn’t appear to be scrubbers in that can, how do they filter out toxic gases?

There are scrubbers on Titan.

From one of their video pages: OceanGate Scrubber Overview:

One of the many essential life support systems on a dive is a CO2 (carbon dioxide) scrubber. Our scrubbing system for Cyclops 1 and Titan contains soda lime. Soda lime are white granules that contain a mixture of calcium hydroxide (~75%) and sodium hydroxide (3%) with a precise amount of water moisture and binding agents. They absorb CO2 from the air via an exothermic, water facilitated, base catalyzed chemical reaction. The fans in our subs circulate air throughout the interior so all breathing air is consistently brought to the scrubber unit and cleaned of CO2.

[griffin]

Everest.

[griffin]

pinging device stopped about half way down to the bottom.

[piasa]

They would probably freeze before running out of air.

[griffin]

dying slowly, in the dark, in a packed tube with the stench of human waste? Nah...I’ll take Everest any time. At least when you freeze on a mountain you will run around neeked in a state of euphoria. THAT’s my way. :)

[mikey_hates_everything]

“There are scrubbers…”

Ok, so they got that going for them…

[cgbg]

“someone’s going to take the lessons learned and they’re going to incorporate them going forward and make some adjustments.”

Yup. Don’t fire the old white guy who tells you dozens of reasons why the venture is stupid.

[griffin]

Should have gone to see the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[ducttape45]

I was thinking the same thing. Sad really, and I still hope it’s found intact, but I fear the worst.

[SkyDancer]

Well guess they’re gone then.

[Beowulf9]

Then what to do think the banging sos sounds are?

[Zack Attack]

For families of those who may perish, maybe the company will offer coupons for a free voyage...

[larrytown]

I think I’d have taken some cheap fentanyl with me to OD on just in case.

A reasonable precaution - but if you're doing something where THAT is a 'reasonable' part of preparation... Probably worth just dropping and moving on to something more constructive.

[KevinB]

... and each journey of the vessel improves the following one.

There will be no more.

[clee1]

At 100 years old.... and the irate husband’s wife is 30 years old. :)

[TalBlack]

Everest. Way better scenery.

[HandyDandy]

Somehow, “Because it’s there.”, doesn’t work for 20,000 leagues under the sea.

[mosaicwolf]

“Stupid is as stupid does.”

[TangoLimaSierra]

Then what to do think the banging sos sounds are?

Where did you read they were SOS signals? Please share the source.