Posted on 06/20/2023 11:37:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
With only hours of oxygen left in the submersible that was touring the Titanic, it has gone missing over the wreckage. By 12 pm on Thursday, the oxygen will be depleted. The sub, carrying five people, has been missing since Sunday when it lost all contact while exploring the wreckage of the famous ship 13,000 ft under the sea. GB News said the US is holding up a possible rescue. Rescuers say it’s not a rational decision.
Even if it is located, it would not be easy to rescue those on board, given the depths. It’s down about two miles. It is so deep even the U.S. Coastguard does not have the capabilities to reach it.
We don’t know if they are even alive.
British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, is among those missing as rescue crews search the Atlantic Ocean.
Harding, who runs an aviation company, was on the 21ft vessel when it set off on Sunday.
The father-of-two, who lives in the UAE, said he was “proud” to be joining OceanGate as a “mission specialist,” adding that the group included “a couple of legendary explorers.”
French diving expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet and submarine boss Stockton Rush are likely on the missing submarine.
A British rescue mission to locate it has been “blocked by US officials.” Yet, there are only hours left to locate and save them. The five passengers onboard are running out of oxygen.
A remotely operated vehicle capable of pulling the vessel has been waiting to leave an airport in the Channel Islands since 7 pm on Monday, says GB News. The vessel takes tourists to the Titanic shipwreck out of the Atlantic Ocean.
NOT RATIONAL
According to the Telegraph, the team from deepwater specialists Magellan Limited has not received approval for take-off.
He added Magellan’s remotely operated vehicle was unique in that it was likely the only asset available to have a winch capable of dragging submersibles from the depths of the ocean, while it can also detect signals and send them above the surface.
Mr Hunchak said the desperate situation was “painful” to him as he described Paul-Henry Nargeolet, a Frenchman reported to be among those on the submersible, as a “personal mentor”.
He told the Telegraph: “We have British, French and US citizens on board and every minute here counts. This is not a rational decision, this is the only asset we have with a winch, and the guys are experts in this area.
“Why not run both vessels? The more help we can get, the better, and denying us means you are giving up on every option you have to save lives.”
“These are irreplaceable human beings.”
There are a lot of not rational decisions being made by US officials in this administration.
I’m wondering if the countries involved, UK, France, Pakistan want plausible deniability.
The UK in particular doesn’t need permission.
Really makes me wonder if these guys end up dead, if this was an accident.
Now they’ll have another deep sea tourist attraction for dumb billionaires to visit once they find it
If so, why not be up front and honest about it?
On May 14th, 2005 at 7.08 AM (local time), a serial Ecureuil/AStar #AS350 B3 piloted by the Airbus Helicopters X-test pilot Didier Delsalle, landed at 8,850 meters (29,035ft) on the top of the Mount Everest (Kingdom of Nepal).
It was also a world altitude takeoff record.
Democrats are evil scum.
It’s like Obama at Benghazi. They think doing nothing means they can’t be blamed.
Sir, every human is irreplaceable. Very sad this has happened but you also cannot endanger others to find them. I truly hope they are alive, but I doubt it.
That's a good theory.
“How do USA bureaucrats have any say in what those from other countries do?”
The same way they blocked a gas pipeline from Israel’s Goliath field across the Mediterranean to Italy that would have been a great alternative to Russia and made Putin pause before invading the Ukraine, as he would have had no hammer with which to threaten Germany.
It’s truly amazing the reach of your Deep State.
The similarity to a pregnant woman is poignant.
Five vulnerable people. “Save the at all costs. Spare nothing!”, people screamed.
Irony. Surrealism.
Don’t we have a very detailed and sensitive listening array for the Atlantic? If so, then they would have heard the implosion but don’t want to admit they heard it.
See my Post #5.................
True, unless you already know but don’t want to say it is already too late........................
“The five passengers onboard are running out of oxygen.”
Let’s be real. The five passengers probably have no oxygen left, but they also probably are not in any condition to require oxygen any more.
Not to mention, and I mean NO disrespect for the Coast Guard, why us the Coast Guard fronting this mission?
Why isn’t the DOD/Dept of the Navy out in front?
FWIW, I can’t think of a good reason.
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