Posted on 06/22/2023 10:54:16 AM PDT by libh8er
Debris has been found in the search for the missing Titan submersible, reportedly including parts of its outside cover. Dive expert David Mearns told the BBC the president of the Explorers Club - which is connected to the diving and rescue community - says the debris includes "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible". The US Coast Guard earlier confirmed a "debris field" had been found within the search area. It was located by a remote-controlled underwater search vehicle (ROV) near the wreck of the Titanic. A US Coast Guard news conference is scheduled for 1500 EST (1900 GMT) on Thursday afternoon. The Titan vessel went missing in a remote area of the North Atlantic on Sunday with a four-day oxygen supply for its crew of five.
Some experts have speculated that it could have suffered a catastrophic implosion as a result of a hull failure. The minivan-sized submersible was owned and operated by the private company OceanGate Expeditions. The firm's co-founder, Guillermo Söhnlein, told the BBC that he believes there may have been an "instantaneous implosion" of the craft. "If that's what happened, that's what would have happened four days ago," he said.
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I don't even think my watch would actually make it to 100 meters.
I don’t doubt it.
The first scenario is not the case - per press releases, the vessel was closing on the ocean floor when they lost signal. It was 1.75 hours into a 2.5 hour dive. Not certain if the dive time was just descent time or if it was down, 30 minute loiter time, then a separately timed ascent.
Ha! True dat.
Plus!! I am not allowed to defend myself either. Or my family. I’ll get prosecuted to the full extent of the political ideology.
Maybe.
But as the fiber fail, like a fraying cord, over repeated loading exercises, there may have been a strain increase or stress increase that might have been able to be observed over the past few submersions. IF they had the correct placement of the sensors, the correct attachment, the correct sensors rated for the environment, the correct resolution and sample rates, the right people observing, the right......
All these variables are nice to have a gray beard or two around to at least advise on without the worry of getting fired. Whether or not that gray beard is white, black, yellow or purple.
“I would say there is definitely a profound lesson to be learned here: Avoid complacency, and take safety seriously.”
Roger that. Sure some will make partisan left or right points. But the larger point involves engineering and safety.
Part of the problem is that the CEO publicly stated that he ignored engineering and safety in favor of diversity and speed of development. It’s not partisan when it’s just what the idiot said his rationale was.
Diversity will be the death of us ALL sooner or later.
So probably not going to work at 12,500 feet. I was just curious if they structurally survived the implosion but given the enormous forces that also seems unlikely.
Sad.
No, nor was I claiming the waterproofing would work at that depth. If you dropped it from a boat directly over the Titanic, an iPhone has a decent chance of being structurally intact when it hits the seafloor that far down, but if it was inside the Titan when it imploded... well, if the intial water pressure inrush didn’t disintegrate it, the flash heating would.
Yes. News said it happened in first two hours of operation.
Yep. Safety is not a partisan thing.
Yeah. Owns the Atlanta Losing Falcons.
I’ll bet the data is recoverable. Plus I wonder if there was an inside camera recording the whole mission.
It sort of becomes one when you toss safety for partisan/woke reasons, though.
Woke kills.
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It certainly played a major role in this.
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