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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Unlikely unless the recording medium was outside the pressure hull, i.e., not subject to the 6000psi-plus water inrush and related flash heating.
Makes sense. I am wondering if passengers wedding rings would have survived the high temps of the implosion. It would provide the family’s with a small comfort if those could be recovered from the debris. Highly unlikely I know given the small size.
It’s got me under Pressure...
he might have insisted on a boring conventional design and insisted that it had old-fashioned,redundant safety systems.
Actually, their deaths would have been near instantaneous.
Doubtful that even a forged titanium wedding band would have survived the implosion/inrush pressures even vaguely intact, if I’ve read the various estimates of pressure correctly.
If it had not been an implosion, they would have died of hypothermia within a few hours of losing power.
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I saw possibly the same exhibit in a different city. They had a chunk of melting iceberg that was 27 degrees and invited people to touch it. There was the impression of many, many hands that had touched it. It was VERY cold. The passengers who went into the water that night were unconscious from hypothermia within 10 minutes and dead withing 20.
“Diversity will be the death of us ALL sooner or later.”
We are immersed in media promotion of diversity, inclusion, and white guilt. Voters will speak in the next election and we’ll get a clearer idea of what America is.
thats about 6100 psi worth of quickness!!
I don’t think there were even bubbles. The air in the sub went from 14.7 psi to 5,800 psi in an instant. This would compress the air into such a small space that it would have easily dissolved into the ocean.
Interesting. It would have become very, very hot. I can’t imagine what that would do. You have 10,000 (or more) degree air in a bubble the size of a ping pong ball in 27 degree water. I imagine there would be an explosion immediately following the implosion.
Thanks, I hadn’t even thought about the relatively tiny amount of air in the sub. Once compressed to that depth’s pressure, it would be an insignificant bubble that would fizzle quickly.
NavyShoe brought up an interesting question about the thermodynamics of the implosion. Since the air was instantly compressed to such a tiny space, it would have also become very, very hot. Perhaps higher than 10,000 degrees.
“Hilarious”
Ain’t it though!
Except for the four that were killed with the diversity loving jackass.
He was being sarcastic. The ceo designed this sub and he was an old white guy.
No. It will do it from THIS company.
Other companies don’t cut corners and avoid getting their crafts tested and follow all regulations.
Its still dangerous even doing all that, but its far less so than not doing it.
After some research, 14kt gold melts at temperatures of 1550 degrees F and can withstand enormous compressive pressures of up to 220 Gpa.
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