Titanic submersible confirmed destroyed with loss of all five souls onboard.
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From an hour ago.
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There are other submarines currently lost?
I didn't say there were any other subs lost?
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Soldato
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its not that simple.... they could have run out hrs ago, or they could still be alive for another 6 hrs...... its not an exact science just a rough approximation
We should have, what could they possibly do to stop us sending equipment that could (have) save(d) these people (maybe)?
The US would look much worse stopping something on-route and instead we look bad for being cowards.
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Soldato
What I don't get is the French sent La Atalante with the Victor 6000 sub, why was the UK not sending Boaty mcboatface with the Maggelan sub.
Caporegime
Coast guard said no.
US shoots down UK firm’s offer to help in Titanic sub search as experts urge rethink
Urgent calls from explorers to reverse decision as ‘tapping sounds’ detected by sonar in search
www.independent.co.uk
Soldato
It's currently in Rosyth, 3000km away. Not the kind of trip you can just make at a whim in a couple of days.
SIR D. ATTENBOROUGH Current position (Research Vessel, IMO 9798222) - VesselFinder
SIR D. ATTENBOROUGH last position is 53 S, 71 W with speed of 15.2 knots. TRACK ON MAP...
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Soldato
I'm not sure it's really fair calling it a technological issue - it's more a maths issue. Had MH370 crashed on land we'd have a search area, losing Titan in an ocean it's a search volume which is insanely more difficult to cover. Not to mention the problem with that volume moving due to ocean currents and the search volume being 4km deep.
Soldato
It's currently in Rosyth, 3000km away. Not the kind of trip you can just make at a whim in a couple of days.
SIR D. ATTENBOROUGH Current position (Research Vessel, IMO 9798222) - VesselFinder
SIR D. ATTENBOROUGH last position is 53 S, 71 W with speed of 15.2 knots. TRACK ON MAP...www.vesselfinder.com
With my original post I wasn't even sure if that would be the vessel that would carry a submersible, do we not have any other vessels similar to that of the La Atalante?
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If they killed the captain when they got in trouble they could have another day of air.
Only if they did it immediately.
Soldato
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How do you know this for sure?
Some of the people in the sub are experts when it comes to being underwater. They would have been using techniques to conserve air days ago.
Soldato
Too insensitive, but who else would be fascinated watching a live stream of the Victor 6000's cameras?
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I've been avoiding this story (bizarrely it makes me feel really uneasy watching a countdown to peoples death) but I had heard that even if one of them did die before the others, they would die from the nitrogren leaving the body during decomposition.
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If there was little/no oxygen left, would they decompose?
Caporegime
Then after they killed him all the power comes back on and the theme tune to Curb Your Enthusiasm starts playing as they wonder how they are going to pilot it.
Ever since someone mentioned about them potentially needing a number 2, I can't get it out my head 
Must be so bad.
Goes to show how scary the ocean still is. You're just completely at the mercy of nature in the event of an emergency. The current could've sent them hundreds of miles away from where they started by now.
Must be so bad.Goes to show how scary the ocean still is. You're just completely at the mercy of nature in the event of an emergency. The current could've sent them hundreds of miles away from where they started by now.
Soldato
Killing the only person on board who knows how to operate the vessel would have been a bold move.
Coast guard said no.
US shoots down UK firm’s offer to help in Titanic sub search as experts urge rethink
Urgent calls from explorers to reverse decision as ‘tapping sounds’ detected by sonar in search
If the US ever wanted to get rid of someone and cover it up, there's no better way than this. Sabotage!
Just a tin hat moment.