Soldato
Pack of playing cards on board would come in handy right now
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Titanic submersible confirmed destroyed with loss of all five souls onboard.
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I'd prefer a syringe full of pentobarbital myself
Surely something catastrophic happened early on.
If they had made it to the bottom near the titanic, wouldn't they have been at least located?
I assume they have a standard route they go on? And all reports seem to show contact was lost early?
If they had made it to the bottom near the titanic, wouldn't they have been at least located?
I assume they have a standard route they go on? And all reports seem to show contact was lost early?
Nah, any movement or talking will just use up the oxygen faster.
The debris field is something like 15 square miles, no easy way to determine what is where.
Does sub have a way of attaching a cable , or it would need to be a sling ?
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if it were near/on surface when banging was heard, if they had had residual power for the lights then that might have been visible overflying at night - are they using drones
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Wouldn't they be preserved like food in airtight containers once they run out of oxygen ?
I think I read somewhere that there's only 2 crewed vessels on the planet capable of getting to them but they're not built for rescue, so best option is likely a line that can winch them out
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You are not guiding a line 2.5 miles down in the water in a couple of hours.
The weight in the water will be lower than the vessels actual mass because of the buoyancy effect, assuming it isn't full of water.
It is designed to be almost neutrally buoyant, slightly negative probably to descend.
I'm guessing on the actual number but the weight that would be felt on a line might only be a fraction of the vessels actual mass, maybe as low as 5% of it.
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Has it been determined the noises heard is from the sub?, for all we know it could just be a whale with wind.
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I read (can't remember the link) that it's a "known" navy technique where you bang/make noise for three minutes on the hour and every half hour in these kind of situations. Whether they're actually doing this or just banging constantly is another thing..
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Sonar acoustics is a fairly advanced science now - they can incredibly accurately account for nearly all ocean noises now.
That aside, thats a whale with some pretty regular 30 minute flatulence
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I don't think there's a way of 100% confirming it but the banging was spaced out in 30 min intervals and the ex French navy officer on board will be aware of this form of SOS signalling.
they didnt confirm if its following the protocol ? All I can search for its just they heard noises
“There's a couple of reasons for that,” he explains. “Firstly, on board this craft is a retired French navy diver. He would know the protocol for trying to alert searching forces… on the hour and the half hour you bang like hell for three minutes
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Reminds me of "My kingdom for a horse." Poor buggers.
*aware that horses aren't that useful underwater.
*aware that horses aren't that useful underwater.
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Was it? I read they lost it 1hr 45min into 2hr dive, though 2hrs doesn't really sound long enough to go down 4000m, look around and then get back. In my head they should have been on their way back up at the point they lost contact. TBF I probably read/ remember it wrong.
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Seahorse perhaps ....... but also useless 2.5 miles down
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I read on the BBC News site’s live feed about this (but typically can’t find it again to quote) that supposedly for the banging on the hull to be heard, the submersible should be relatively close to the surface. The fact someone is banging is accredited to the presence of the French Navy man on board, as this is supposedly the process if lost under water at sea.
Even if the sub was surfaced, it would apparently be very difficult to spot, as only a tiny piece of it is actually visible above the surface.
Even if the sub was surfaced, it would apparently be very difficult to spot, as only a tiny piece of it is actually visible above the surface.
I assumed it would take longer to get down too. But I only assumed that.
I kind of hope they find it was an explosion. Because I'd rather that for myself than waiting to suffocate.
Who knows what horrors they'd find if it's a atomb. Someone else said about them turning in each other. You never really know in such extraordinary circumstances what people might do.
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Soldato
I think it was a 2 hr dive to the wreck, 4 hours at the site, then however long to surface iirc
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Soldato
I believe it’s a 4 hour trip down, 4 hours back up.