Titanic submersible confirmed destroyed with loss of all five souls onboard.

[StriderX]

It's a bit of an awkward argument tbh, we're probably standing on someone's grave by merely existing at this point.

 

[robfosters]

It's a bit of an awkward argument tbh, we're probably standing on someone's grave by merely existing at this point.

how do you know about the bodies under my floorboards

 

[ThundyCat]

Bacteria is eating the iron of the Titanic and causing rusticles. Eventually the wreck will be unrecognisable, with the exception of the triple screws which are made of bronze.

Nothing to do with tourists ruining the site.

 

[Feek]

Bacteria is eating the iron of the Titanic and causing rusticles. Eventually the wreck will be unrecognisable, with the exception of the triple screws which are made of bronze.

Nothing to do with tourists ruining the site.

Exactly. The same thing would happen whether tourists went down there or not.

 

[Bassmansam]

They’ve been running excursions down there for the last few years i think.

thats two people recently killed by sharks and now this. The ocean is an unforgiving place

 

[Jokester]

If the vessel buoyancy failed and they went down, that is not a nice way to go.

Would have been over quick if it was a rupture though.

96 hours of life support apparently, could be a really slow death if they don't find it quick and get a line down to it to hoist it up again.

 

[Andrew_McP]

Same, never thought people would want to go with it being a mass grave. What poor taste

The Chinese have been "mining" WW2 battleship war graves for high quality steel (pre-nuclear, uncontaminated, and apparently valuable). Where there's a market, there's always someone prepared to go satisfy it.

 

[ThundyCat]

96 hours of life support apparently, could be a really slow death if they don't find it quick and get a line down to it to hoist it up again.

2.5 miles down, is that even possible to get a line attached?

 

[Jokester]

2.5 miles down, is that even possible to get a line attached?

They would need to be lucky to have something in the area able to do it.

 

[Bassmansam]

Same, never thought people would want to go with it being a mass grave. What poor taste

It's a bit of an awkward argument tbh, we're probably standing on someone's grave by merely existing at this point.

Exactly. People have died in a lot of places since humans have existed.

 

[danlightbulb]

96 hours of life support apparently, could be a really slow death if they don't find it quick and get a line down to it to hoist it up again.

As they've lost it, it would be exceptionally difficult to locate it, especially amongst existing debris field. The vessel is only a few meters long I think.

Then they would have to get a line down and attach it somehow.

They may not even know if its in one piece, if no comms.

Horrible.

 

[Uther]

250k, that's an expensive way to die.

 

[GIBURROWS]

250k, that's an expensive way to die.

That's like one of the 4090s with a dodgy cable!

 

[Tombstone]

I think the main reason is that its a mass grave.

What possible value is there for a tourist to see it, other than gloating points.

I actually thought the wreck was a protected site, clearly not.

Surely though you could apply that to Pompeii and the Collaseum ? Both of those are mass graves but have a thriving tourist industry around them

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

Anyway, the tourists are ruining it. Experts have agreed for years now that constant human activity is destroying the wreck faster than it naturally would be.

Access should be to approved scientific research vessels only and kept to a minimum.

I can't imagine it having loads of tourists because of how expensive it is to go and see it.

 

[Penfold101]

I can't imagine it having loads of tourists because of how expensive it is to go and see it.

And even fewer paying for the walkabout experience.

 

[adraxas]

For those curious to know more about the submersible, there's a two-part show about it on the iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001d2ml

 

[200sols]

I think the main reason is that its a mass grave.

What possible value is there for a tourist to see it, other than gloating points.

I actually thought the wreck was a protected site, clearly not.

Because humans are inquisitive creatures, also destructive and impulsive. Not always a good mix.

 

[Semple]

Same, never thought people would want to go with it being a mass grave. What poor taste

People visit places like Auswitsch every day, which had a lot worse going on than a sinking ship. People go for the history element, to learn about things.

Edit: I see this was mentioned a few times after.

 

[Priapus]

Do we know how many souls were onboard?