US government was blocking it.Why now, surely it made more sense for this to have been sent at the beginning of the week?!
Titanic submersible confirmed destroyed with loss of all five souls onboard.
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Soldato
It seems at the start the US wanted to control this all on their own. In the last day other countries have been allowed to join. I would have thought the UK and other countries would have been ideally placed to find this sub as they have deeper diving equipment and are very used to tracking Russian subs moving around.Copied and pasted from the BBC website.
Why now, surely it made more sense for this to have been sent at the beginning of the week?!
For what reason? Unbelievable
That seems extremely naive.
Soldato
In comparison to thinking the US could do it on their own and have wasted at least 2 days now?
Soldato
Maybe it was in bits having some maintenance done, who knows.Copied and pasted from the BBC website.
Why now, surely it made more sense for this to have been sent at the beginning of the week?!
I don't know but they've been waiting for permission since Monday.
My point was aimed that they thought they could do it alone.
Soldato
Ha ok. Same page then!
Where is daddy musk and his offer of a sub?!
lol, how many pages fewer would you prefer this disaster have?
Because it taps into something wired into many humans. The intrigue, race against time, trapped underwater, will they be rescued etc. Not hard to see why people want to hear about this.
Foot long Italian BMT?
Soldato
Its just an observation. Should 5 people trapped/drowned in a sub get more press attention than 500 people drowning?
I don't think it's rich vs poor that creates the interest difference.
One is a capsized boat and the people involved will typically be dead very rapidly. There's no potentially heroic story to be told, no extended rescue mission to take place etc.
Here, there's a story the media can tell and that people can follow that drags out for several days with a diminishing flicker of hope that the day can be saved. Will the air run out? Can we get there soon enough? How do we get it out if we find it? etc. etc. etc.
Why are you asking rhetorical questions? Who would decide? On what basis do you think this is getting more interest? The fact it is a developing story of unique interest, or the fact that they're white? :S
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Soldato
It's the nature of the event though. This is a sub that has gone missing. No one knows their fate. So of course there will be a lot of discussion around it and articles.
Pedo guy!!!
It's captivated most of the world I expect and has lots of things that intrigues people. A homemade sub, the Titanic, a global effort to locate the missing people, Billionaires, crackpot explorers the list goes on.
Of course it will be all over the news.