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I went on Titan - it was a SUICIDE mission!': German who paid OceanGate to see Titanic wreck in 2021 says he was 'incredibly lucky' to make it after one sub 'didn't work', there were 'electrical problems' and a piece of the vessel FELL OFF
Daily Mail ^ | June 21, 3023 | Chris Jewers

Posted on 06/22/2023 10:39:47 AM PDT by xxqqzz

A German adventurer who paid to see the wreck of the Titanic on the missing Titan submarine two years ago has called the voyage a 'suicide mission'.

Arthur Loibl, 60, dived down 12,500 feet to the Atlantic wreck site in August 2021 and says he was 'incredibly lucky' to survive.

His story echos much that has been learned about the OceanGate tourist vessel since it vanished on Sunday, with past reports highlighting how many components were purchased off-the-shelf. It has also been revealed to have been uncertified to dive to the necessary depths to reach the Titanic.

Speaking to German tabloid Bild, Loibl recalls the first submarine they tried didn't work and a second attempted dive had to be abandoned. He said parts fell off and the mission went into the water five hours late due to electrical problems.

This, Loibl suspects, could be the cause of the Titan's disappearance.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; ducttape; fixthestupid; germanexplorer; implosion; nowhiteguys; oceangate; oceangateexpeditions; sub; titan; titanic
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To: madison10

I guess being free to be a fool is part of liberty.

But I resent him taking folks with him.


21 posted on 06/22/2023 11:05:03 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: xxqqzz

Sounds like the early days of aviation.

It’s not something people expect nowadays.


22 posted on 06/22/2023 11:06:19 AM PDT by x
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To: x

In the early days of aviation, there wasn’t much to build upon. This guy had plenty to build upon and learn from yet chose to ignore it. This did not have to happen.


23 posted on 06/22/2023 11:09:08 AM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: xxqqzz
Shortly before the sub was launched, Loibl says the bracket of the stabilisation tube - used to provide balance as the craft descends into the depths - fell off the vessel. 'That was reattached with zip ties. That didn't worry me,' he tells Bild.

I'm not a professional engineer, but I'm pretty sure that parts falling off is a bad sign. And that you should back up zip ties with duct tape if you're going to go down past 12,000 feet.

24 posted on 06/22/2023 11:09:43 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: xxqqzz

“Shortly before the sub was launched, Loibl says the bracket of the stabilisation tube - used to provide balance as the craft descends into the depths - fell off the vessel.

‘That was reattached with zip ties. That didn’t worry me,’ he tells Bild.”

LOL.


25 posted on 06/22/2023 11:12:06 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Red Badger

Agreed. The stumper is why the German went ahead after seeing the level of competence.


26 posted on 06/22/2023 11:23:26 AM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: JayGalt

No refunds.

Germans are cheap......................


27 posted on 06/22/2023 11:24:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: xxqqzz

Some 50 year old white guys will probably do the accident reconstructon after they finish scraping what’s left off the ocean floor.


28 posted on 06/22/2023 11:31:44 AM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: xxqqzz

If this sub was such a piece of crap why did people get on board? Does having a lot of money make you stupid or reckless for no good reason? How did it not get around that this venture was a lousy bet?


29 posted on 06/22/2023 11:35:24 AM PDT by The Louiswu (PEDO JOE MUST GO!!!)
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To: The Louiswu

They hadn’t killed anybody until this trip.


30 posted on 06/22/2023 11:36:16 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Jamestown1630

The release form specifically says no refunds


31 posted on 06/22/2023 11:38:10 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: xxqqzz

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4162700/posts

👍


32 posted on 06/22/2023 11:40:45 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: madison10

"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."

Unfortunately, especially for the widow of that Pakistani fellow, who lost both her hubby and her son, Stockton Rush was not handy enough!

33 posted on 06/22/2023 11:46:20 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: COBOL2Java
From 2008...

Game Controllers Driving Drones, Nukes

So are people really that ignorant that the use of a game controller in the submersible wigs them out, or is this angle being flogged in the enemedia for a reason, both...?

34 posted on 06/22/2023 11:57:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: xxqqzz

And after seeing all that, he climbed inside anyway. I seriously don’t understand why.


35 posted on 06/22/2023 12:00:24 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: tuffydoodle

I used to work for as jerk who operated like that. All the top officers in the building were very attractive women. They saw what he was doing and considered him a pig. But he paid them well.


36 posted on 06/22/2023 12:05:36 PM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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To: MrRelevant

You’d think the survivors would’ve warned people and/or called authorities.


37 posted on 06/22/2023 12:30:02 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Justa

I think there’s going to be a lot of complication over exactly how much he disclosed to the people about the shortcuts he took.

He was taking them as ‘tourists’. Some of them probably didn’t know exactly what precautions should have been in place. Other people working in the same ‘industry’ had complained about his operation in the past.


38 posted on 06/22/2023 12:41:56 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

I remember those ads. We saw them in comic books.

My brother and I were always building spaceships and forts and stuff out of cardboard boxes...


39 posted on 06/22/2023 12:44:38 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

This whole vehicle sounds suspiciously like my 1948 Harley Panhead motorcycle. Parts fell off and spare parts came from home depot. (nuts, bolts, screws, hoses, oil line valves, wire, etc.)

It was a great bike, but I wouldn’t have any faith that it would run for more than a few miles without repairs.


40 posted on 06/22/2023 12:50:23 PM PDT by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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