Posted on 06/21/2023 1:21:57 AM PDT by 4Runner
A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive search continued early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a submersible that vanished while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic.
A statement from the U.S. Coast Guard did not elaborate on what rescuers believed the noises could be, though it offered a glimmer of hope for those lost abroad the Titan as estimates suggest as little as a day's worth of oxygen could be left if the vessel is still functioning.
Meanwhile, questions remain about how teams could reach the lost submersible, which could be as deep as about 12,500 feet (3,800 meters) below the surface near the watery tomb of the historic ocean liner. Newly uncovered allegations also suggest there had been significant warnings made about vessel safety during its development.
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...and the slopes of Mt. Everest are littered with corpses of highly motivated people.
Risk taking has its associated disadvantages.
Darwin might be in play here, Murphey certainly is.
military surveillance... must be really important like Ukraine
[12,500 feet]
How many tons of pressure per square inch at that depth?
Horrifying
I pray there’s some sort of miracle - I missed this and didn’t know about it until about 8 hours ago
If I had $500 million dollars I wouldn’t attempt to scale that either.
From what I heard, people paid $250,000 each for this trip
[...and the slopes of Mt. Everest are littered with corpses of highly motivated people.]
And I mentioned that, too, when I heard about this.
Your fear of risk is noted. And noted. And noted. Risky space travel is out of the question. Automobile travel is risky too. Just stay home and keep the curtains closed.
Yeah, travel by auto is the same at 12,500 feet down under water. /rolls eyes
Whales humping...
Agreed. Ya gotta wonder about some of these screen names. They may tell us more than we know.
This thing was a floating coffin just looking for it’s victims. All kinds of safety protocols were ignored. It was never even tested for that depth. Inexperienced techs were hired cause the CEO was a self hating white guy.A lot will come to light in the future.
Yeah, exactly, what in the world.
While those adventures (Everest, deep dives) sound intriguing there is a reality there that simply cannot be ignored nor minimized.
Shoot many of the U.S. Navy’s best billion-dollar submarines fear (rightfully so) even venturing 1/4 of the distance to the Titanic. This ain’t some snorkeling in the Bahamas.
42,795 people died last year in motor vehicle accidents. 636 people died while boating in 2022. 179 aviation fatalaties.
That should have been plural “there are realities - physics”
5400 psi. 2.7 short tons per square inch.
And....?
Head on down 12,500 feet in a vehicle not sufficient for that adventure
OR head on up Everest - ignoring the realities of oxygen deprivation, thin altitudes that hamper or prevent helicopter rescue, and let’s not forget the extreme weather and temperatures.
Let us know how you do.
Some have made it to the goal at Everest. Many did not.
Or if you think a sight-seeing adventure to Titanic is not without extreme risk, then good luck.
Thank you. I did a rough calculation last night for 13,000 and came up with 6,000 psi/sq in.
I wondered how close I was. I figured I was way off on that number though.
For some reason I kept thinking that Titanic was 13,000 or 13,200 feet down.
6,000 lbs/sq in - typo
If that’s indeed what happened, then it was foolhardy at best
Though it was long ago, a search reveals this:
“It was believed at the time that Thresher likely imploded at a depth of 1,300–2,000 ft (400–610 m), though 2013 acoustic analysis concluded implosion occurred at 2,400 ft (730 m).”
2,400 feet versus 12,500 feet —— just a wee bit of difference of the weight of roughly 2-1/2 miles of water on top of your vehicle
Granted, Thresher apparently was the victim of poor maintenance, as I had read some time ago
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