He said that they lost contact with the Titan at about an hour and a half into its two and a half hour descent. As the submersible descends, the ocean pressure steadily increases. Therefore, the likely cause of loss of contact is the increasing pressure.
The inference is that the submersible suffered a catastrophic loss of structural containment due to the increasing pressure on the hull while it was still diving to the wreck of the Titanic.
This search and rescue is all for show, the ultimate virtue signaling while Hunter Biden is freed and President Trump is indicted.
-PJ
It’s a training mission.
While there does seem to be an element of “show” while holding out a bit of hope the bottom line is they have to find this wreck. At 20,000 pounds it would represent a serious hazard to regular navigation if it happened to be hovering just below the surface. Even if it’s on the bottom it still represents a big piece of rolly krapiron. If it’s hovering a few hundred feet down it would forever be a hazard to our own subs. Water density being what it is, if the thing is intact, it could be at any depth. I’m reminded of the occasional body we find in lakes/reservoirs suspended halfway down. The body buoyancy keeps it where a temperature gradient wants it to be. One of our local divers recently found a fisherman who’d been missing for over a year: 140 feet down in a 250 feet deep lake?
You got it! Just what I’ve been thinking while reading all these lost sub articles all over the place:
“This search and rescue is all for show, the ultimate virtue signaling while Hunter Biden is freed and President Trump is indicted.”
This fruitless search and rescue is just one big distraction. If the sub is intact at all, it could have drifted miles from its initial location. It may not be found for years, if in tact.