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

[Feek]

If they are alive is there even anything remotely possible to get it back up if they manage to find it in time?

I don't think there is, it's one thing being able to get down there in another craft but a completely different ballgame to be able to raise something of that size and weight.

 

[Rage85]

How long will they keep looking for them for then? Bit grim that their bodies will be left to slowly rot.

 

[200sols]

The banging sounds make it worse, there's no way to rescue them. You're alive for 5 days but you're actually dead.

Sounds like those exposed to radiation at Chernobyl.

 

[Ayahuasca]

They only have a matter of hours now to save them, would take an unprecedented rescue attempt.

I think they'll still want to recover the sub to investigate what happened.

 

[Freakbro]

i imagine the oxygen expended in the struggle would mean it would be false economy. also tough one to explain if you are rescued.

As a friend of mine just said, being in the dock tried for murder of the other sub passengers sounds a big win right now

 

[Priapus]

I think they'll still want to recover the sub to investigate what happened.

Was thinking the same; us humans are far too curious to let this go unanswered.

 

[Sankari]

I know they have to sign waivers before the trip, but doesn’t events such as these somewhat invalidate those waivers and bear responsibility for deaths upon the company?

I would hope so, but... American law may see it differently.

They only have a matter of hours now to save them, would take an unprecedented rescue attempt.

I think they'll still want to recover the sub to investigate what happened.

The interior of that sub will not be a pretty sight.

 

[RockLobster]

What if someone needs to do a number 2? Not a good situation.

 

[gingergundog]

Must be something they think they can physically do to rescue them otherwise they are just going through the motions knowing there is no hope.

 

[Participant]

What if someone needs to do a number 2? Not a good situation.

They have a bog. But I think a smelly **** would be the least of their concerns.

 

[gingergundog]

What if someone needs to do a number 2? Not a good situation.

Thinking the important things...

 

[adam cool dude]

I don't think there is, it's one thing being able to get down there in another craft but a completely different ballgame to be able to raise something of that size and weight.

Surely there should have been a procedure in place for this eventuality. As in some way to recover it in that event. It just stinks to high heaven why something like this hasn't even been considered.

Nasa would prep a second shuttle after what happened in 03 for shuttles that would be unable to reach the ISS in an emergency situation.

 

[Quartz]

To say it’s a long shot, feels like an understatement…

The cable laying ships do this sort of thing routinely. Of course, they have a larger target and know where the target is.

 

[mcast123]

What's really scary is they will absolutely know they're going to die. Imagine they come up with a short straw situation to try and let one have more time.

 

[uscool]

imagine being the dad the regret he must have taking his son, if they are stuck and know times running out

 

[pastymuncher]

not saying you are wrong and just playing devils advocate really but............ technically isnt this good training anyway, i mean regardless of this one, other subs go down as well - which are considered legitimate - and they could get into trouble as well... so either way i imagine the troops have to train. This is just training that actucally matters rather than doing dummy runs.

or am i wrong and they dont train for deep rescues and its just done off the cuff?

They can't be rescued by DSRV as there is no hatch for a docking collar to attach to like on a proper sub. They can't get out of this thing without outside help. I don't think that a DSRV can dive that deep anyway so the only option would be one of a very few ROV's that can reach that kind of depth.

Even if by some miracle there is ship with a long enough winch cable the ROV that finds them is unlikely to be carrying the cable while in the search phase from finding them it's several hours to get back to the surface and down again and even longer to attempt to attach a cable and bring the submersible back up so they may be out of oxygen by then.

Surely the bottom has been painstakingly mapped by now so they will be looking for something "new" on the bottom?

 

[200sols]

Surely there should have been a procedure in place for this eventuality. As in some way to recover it in that event. It just stinks to high heaven why something like this hasn't even been considered.

Of course its been considered, why do you think they sign a waiver that mentions death all the time?

 

[Rage85]

I feel for the father, being trapped in there with your son makes a terrible situation even worse.

 

[JamesH85]

Such a sad scenario, they can hear them trying to communicate. They don't know that they can be heard but they won't live. Think it's 9am tomorrow their oxygen runs out? It takes 4 hours approx to get down and get them back up at a minimum.

Absolutely no chance for them.

 

[Combat squirrel]

Found these 3d scans of the wreck area - could be anywhere, and I imagine the seabed is pretty thick with mud - if they lost power and sank, or worse, had the engines engaged to descend, lost control and powered into the sea floor (probably wouldn't damage the pressure vessel), it could be really hard to pull them up.