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Underwater noises heard in frantic search for submersible missing with 5 aboard near Titanic
Associated Press ^ | June 21, 2023 | Patrick Whittle and Holly Ramer

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Government
KEYWORDS: amusementparkrides; canada; dyingtoseeitinperson; heyrube; implosion; kickthebucketlist; oceangateexpeditions; sightseeing; submersible; titanic; tourism; touristtrap
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To: Clutch Martin

Darwin, Murphy and money - always a bad combination.


61 posted on 06/21/2023 7:52:32 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Clutch Martin

Darwin might be in play here, Murphey certainly is.

Yep the submersible was never certified and spend 250K to take a ride down to the Titanic.

Smart and high IQ are not related


62 posted on 06/21/2023 8:31:26 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: SaveFerris

Somewhere between 5000 and 6000 PSI, from what I’ve read.


63 posted on 06/21/2023 9:05:14 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: NautiNurse; AAABEST

Try not to break your arms patting each other on the back.


64 posted on 06/21/2023 9:23:56 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: SaveFerris

Pressure is around 6,000 psi, or so it has been reported.... Any structural failure would be instantly catastrophic.


65 posted on 06/21/2023 12:51:09 PM PDT by drwoof
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To: drwoof

Thanks - and no doubt


66 posted on 06/21/2023 12:55:25 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: NautiNurse

You are being pretty nasty with your comments. I don’t understand why you need to bring it out the way you did...

Also, one thing you didn’t mention, is the ratio/percentage of those situations, which would make a BIG difference.


67 posted on 06/21/2023 2:26:19 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri
I don’t understand why you need to bring it out the way you did...

“We want to go deeper than anyone else has ever gone. We want to
be as great as we can possibly be,” he said. “That’s why we accept
risk. If we did not accept risk, we would never have crossed open
oceans, we would never have learned to sail ships, we would never
have flown airplanes.”--Alfred Hagen

68 posted on 06/21/2023 2:44:10 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Don't be obtuse)
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To: Vermont Lt
We wrote to a number of the best known automobile
manufacturers in an endeavor to secure a motor for the new
machine. Not receiving favorable answers from any of these
we proceeded to design a motor of our own. ~ Orville Wright.

69 posted on 06/21/2023 3:00:29 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Don't be obtuse)
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To: NautiNurse

Wasnt one of the Wrights killed in a plane crash?


70 posted on 06/21/2023 3:51:34 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: nonliberal
Ironic, I did find this. Maybe they're candidates for Darwin Awards afterall: STUPID AND DEADLY: Missing Titanic Sub CEO’s Diversity, Equity Rant – Wouldn’t Hire Experienced Submariners, ‘Old White Guys Not Inspirational’ (VIDEO)
71 posted on 06/21/2023 5:05:25 PM PDT by Stepan12 ("...To the American gulag with this guy.and with the beasts of the earth.")
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To: Vermont Lt
Wasnt one of the Wrights killed in a plane crash?

Try again.

72 posted on 06/21/2023 5:11:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Don't be obtuse)
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To: Vermont Lt

One of the Stanley brothers died in the crash of a Stanley Steamer. Got going too fast down a steep hill and brakes failed.


73 posted on 06/21/2023 5:38:30 PM PDT by HandyDandy (dominus vobiscum)
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To: NautiNurse

That sounds so poetic but there is a difference between accepting unavoidable risks and ignoring safeguards. There is a difference between weighing risk and blithe indifference to probable consequences. Foolhardy ≠ courageous.

It’s easy to paint pictures with words to cast oneself as the hero. This man was not a hero, he was gambling with his own & other people’s lives. He ignored basic safeguards, had no redundancy to deal with failure of any component. There is nothing to admire in someone who is so committed to being a trailblazer that he ignores risk to others so he can posture.


74 posted on 06/21/2023 6:03:56 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: JayGalt
This man was not a hero

You appear to be fixated on one unnamed man, presumably Stockton Rush. There are four other souls aboard the missing sub, including premier French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, with 35 dives to the Titanic shipwreck under his belt.

Hamish Harding has dived to 36,000 ft in the Mariana Trench, circumnavigated the globe via North and South Poles, accompanied U.S. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin to the South Pole, and rode the Blue Origin into space.

You find it imperative to lambast a man today, while search and rescue continues in earnest.

Your anger and overwhelming need to assign blame is disturbing when nobody actually knows why the sub is missing. There is plenty of time to dissect and analyze cause and effect when the sub is recovered.

75 posted on 06/21/2023 6:37:15 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Don't be obtuse)
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To: NautiNurse

Very histrionic & over the top. It is my sorrow for all of the men that informs my comments as well as a reaction to your romanticism.


76 posted on 06/21/2023 9:26:52 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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