Still the worst ending ever. Cheap, easy, unfulfilling.
Posted on 06/23/2023 6:50:05 AM PDT by Red Badger
An expert detailed Thursday what the five victims killed in the Titan submersible likely faced in the “catastrophic implosion” near the Titanic ship.
The United States Coast Guard announced on Thursday that the five passengers inside the submersible were “lost” in a “catastrophic implosion” just hours after they found debris near the wrecked Titanic ship.
“The reality is, at that depth and at those pressures, this is the natural outcome … this is definitely the way to go,” G. Michael Harris, a Titanic expedition leader, said on Fox News. “So, two nanoseconds for that vehicle to implode and it would take your spinal column four nanoseconds to register to your brain. Then it’s a problem. So we always said if there’s a problem out of the body in the presence of the Lord.”
Butch Hendrick, a rescue diver, said he hoped the submersible was “entangled,” and added he is thankful the search has been resolved. Dr. Michael Gullen, who experienced being stuck in a vessel undersea, said he knew the situation had to be a “catastrophic failure.”
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“It was designed to pop back up to the surface if anything had gone wrong happened, and it had backup systems, electrical systems and ultimately compressive air systems, automatic systems and the fact that none of those systems kicked in to bring this thing to the top, indicated to me that it had to be a catastrophic failure,” Gullen said.
The remains of the five passengers have not been found by search teams. The victims have been identified as British billionaire Hamish Harding, French oceanographer and Titanic researcher Paul-Henri Nargeolet, OceanGate CEO and pilot Stockton Rush, Pakistani business mogul Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman.
The submersible departed off the coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland on Sunday and lost contact with the mother ship less than two hours after its departure. Experts said the submersible would likely run out of oxygen by Thursday as it was equipped with 96 hours of breathable air.
A search for the submersible immediately began for several days until the discovery of the debris.
In a strange sense, it is also like the final scene of the HBO series The Sopranos, where one moment they are dining, and the next they are gone.
I bought that Soprano’s scene up yesterday while talking to a buddy.
We are occasionally reminded that nature must be taken seriously, whether you’re scuba diving, mountain climbing or playing with predatory animals. The forces of nature, including the laws of physics, are not under man’s control.
I keep hearing “It was quick!” proclaimed. Well except for the days leading up to it knowing it was imminent. Guess being trapped in a tiny space knowing you’re doomed isn’t that big a deal to some folks.
Still the worst ending ever. Cheap, easy, unfulfilling.
But they are saying now that it probably happened early on Sunday while they were descending to the lower depths. There wasn’t the whole waiting around thing that many in the media was portraying.
I’m pretty sure that some knew about it early. There is word that some part of our defense/nat.sec/intelligence registered the implosion and certain people were notified. That’s probably the reason why the Coast Guard was already telling people not to come as early as Monday. They weren’t allowed to say so, but I think they already knew.
And never will be. If they are, the families of the victims of MH370 will be heard from I'm sure.
It’s something like a fly swat.
As one FReeper noted yesterday, when I used the ‘Flyswatter’ analogy, “More like a fly and a sledgehammer.”..............
When it’s your time to go, you’re gone. One minute you’re a billionaire enjoying all the world has to offer. The next, you’re a spirit on the other side wondering, I thought I’d get more time.
Retire ol’ Sparky and set up a “sight seeing” tour for prisoners on death row. Two nanoseconds. No pain at all.
The implosion is done in two nanoseconds, followed by a large explosion, which would be picked up by our sonar nets listening for Submarine traffic.
All the contents of the sub - oxygen, flesh, etc - are compressed by 320 atmospheres in two nanoseconds. The heat caused by compression - boom. Navy absolutely heard that, unless they were all in class learning queer theory.
Now that the media has accepted the truth, the writeups are getting quite ridiculous, but the analysis of 'nanoseconds' is fairly astute: If all they experienced was a flash of light (likely) before their skulls exploded, they were quite fortunate. They probably won't find anything larger than a hip socket.
Trying to get my aged mom to understand, I told her:
Imagine 5 beets in a can, run over by a steamroller. Yes, that flat, that squishy.
Light travels approximately 1 foot/nanosecond.
“Light travels approximately 1 foot/nanosecond.”
I would think the speed of sound is more relevant than the speed of light.
I believe it collapsed on descent. No days of waiting at all.
How fast does Dark travel?.....................
Well, that would be better than the possible mental anguish.
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