Posted on 06/22/2023 8:44:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
"The first submarine didn't work, then a dive at 1,600 meters had to be abandoned."
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While an international effort is underway to rescue those on board the Titanic-exploring submersible that has been lost at sea, a German adventurer, who once went on the same exploration, called the voyage a "suicide mission," as officials race against time before the vessel loses its oxygen supply.
Arthur Loibl, 60, told the German outlet Bild that he went on the voyage in August of 2021 and immediately noticed a slew of concerning "red flags."
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"I was incredibly lucky back then," the Bavarian entrepreneur said, recalling his experience on board the Titan submersible that tours the famous Titanic wreckage 12,000 feet below sea level.
"It was a suicide mission!" Loibl exclaimed. "The first submarine didn't work, then a dive at 1,600 meters had to be abandoned."
Loibl told the outlet that he went on the underwater expedition with two passengers that are currently trapped aboard the missing vessel: French Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 73, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61. The two men are trapped with three other passengers in the vessel which authorities believe to be located around 350 miles off the coast of Canada.
While the vessel was about to launch, Loibl explained that the submersible had a series of electrical issues which resulted in a five-hour delay. In addition to those issues, the entrepreneur, who paid $110,000 for his ticket, said that the bracket of the stabilization tube had to be “reattached with zip ties." The stabilization tube balances the submarine, according to the outlet.
"You need strong nerves, you mustn't be claustrophobic and you have to be able to sit cross-legged for ten hours," he said of his experience, explaining that those onboard the vessel are most likely going through a hard time.
"It must be hell down there. There's only 2.50 meters of space, it's four degrees, there's no chair, no toilet," Loibl explained to the outlet.
Those aboard the Titan submersible, which has been missing since Sunday, include British billionaire Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, and the two passengers previously mentioned.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the submersible had around 41 hours of oxygen supply left, New York Post reports.
Rapid death from preassure/drowning...
Or long drawn out death slowly freezing in probably complete darkness... I don’t know even if trapped, if they would have lasted until the air ran out.
Water Temps are just above freezing. If they lost power, they would have no heat, and even no light.. so days, potentially, sitting in utter blackness, slowly freezing to death, knowing your O2 will run out if the cold doesn’t get you first.
Personally based on the reporting (which is always dubious to do), most likely event was, as you say, catastrophic failure.
That was my thought, what you will see through the small window on a submersible is less that what you get from videos and pictures. There are so many far more interesting wrecks at safer depths. Like Black Sea wrecks perfectly preserved from hundreds of years ago. This is the thrill of taking life threatening risks and bragging rights.
Yet they say a Shaolin priest can walk through walls. It is said that listened for he cannot be heard; looked for he cannot be seen; felt he cannot be touched. At least, that’s what they said in the classic 70s TV series Kung Fu, in which David Carradine played a Shaolin monk.
That screen door modification was another stroke of idiocy in this matter.
Undoubtedly. Exponentially so. That's precisely why I pray that is how it played out.
Yeah, that's why I would never be on one of those "adventures".
I suspect they are all dead by now. Only a miracle could save them.
They were basically dead, before they left for the “adventure”. RIP.
Seriously. And when they had power problems with the first attempt, I would have been out of there!
How’s that DEI working for you Mr. Rush...
Give me $250K per, and I will supply comfortable seats and VR headsets to any who wish to risk their life. I have 5 openings and no waiting.
Diversity versus merit will cost many more lives.
DEI will lead to a billion deaths for “equity”
I wish I were joking.
“Sit for ten hours cross legged? It’s now been 5 DAYS ............ Even a Hindu would find that difficult.............”
Just imagine...among the other terrors...how horrific it would be to get a leg cramp while in that position...with no way to relieve it. Agonizing, to say the least.
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