Start a new thread, seemed to be quite a bit of interest, and as an East Rand person myself who moved to London (with an 8 year stop in Holland) I'm rather interested.
Titanic submersible confirmed destroyed with loss of all five souls onboard.
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Start a new thread, seemed to be quite a bit of interest, and as an East Rand person myself who moved to London (with an 8 year stop in Holland) I'm rather interested.
Soldato
UK, France and Scandinavian countries should have been involved from the start. Far more capable in this area.
Man of Honour
Saw this pic posted on reddit, the view of what you'd see inside the Titan when it's got 5 people inside. Can you imagine the situation being trapped in that space.
Food isn't the problem, someone on the radio said they didn't have much water which would be the bigger problem.
Soldato
Has anyone read if the missing submersible even has a basic transmitter on it's own battery that will last say 7+ days, to aid location if the vessel is floating just under the sea surface in the middle of nowhere?
Caporegime
You'd expect so, they must have a way of contacting the surface vessel.
Caporegime
If it's hypoxia just get silly/confused and fall unconscious.
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This question has been asked a lot and it seems that it doesn't which is a very strange decision. I'd have 5 battery operated ones strapped to the side of the sub
Soldato
I'm talking about a 1-way beacon, rather than two-way radio.
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Man of Honour
Yes the CEO cut corners like this which is why it turns out so many people were raising safety concerns for years. The viewport was only revised (and no detail on what was revised actually) in 2018 or so after the fired employee went to court for example. It was a private vessel and the CEO thought expert bodies interfering by recommending safety measures etc was "stifling innovation".
One of the higher ups of Oceangate just this week was tweeting that if the US Gov didn't do anything about this then each person involved would be named publicly or whatever. Yet the same guy previous questioned why these bodies were getting in the way of innovation by urging regulations be followed...
Neither are problems when you have no oxygen and no scrubber.
Soldato
It's not the accuracy, it's how they gathered the data.. their recent working knowledge of the site which included mapping a 3 mile debris field around the Titanic.. It's equipped for surveying which I think includes massively more powerful lights than then other DSVs because that was required for extra detail of the 700000 photo's it took of the Titanic.
I'm saying 'in addition to' , not 'in place of'.. But it's moot, they've been granted permission and are now on the way.
Yes I think their communication was a regular "ping" giving a limited amount of information such as depth etc. I read somewhere that it was designed so the submersible would send the information back automatically so that the pilot didn't have to be distracted giving regular updates. But this is what stopped pinging at about 1hr 45m.
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Because British company Magellan are considered the subject matter experts when it comes to the area around the Titanic.
Looks like their services offered would have been perfect for this operation:
Full ocean depth MBES - multibeam sonar at depths upto 6000M
Side scan sonar
Sub-bottom profiling
Plan to fly over Jersey equipment for Titanic sub search called off
A plan to send a military plane to Jersey to fly specialist equipment from the island to help in the search for the lost Titanic submersible has been called off.
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Magellan released a statement this afternoon:
Magellan is 100% focused on supporting the rescue mission to recover the submersible. We were contacted by OceanGate early Monday, UK time, June 19, and immediately offered our knowledge of the specific site and also our expertise operating at depth considerably in advance of what is required for this incident. OceanGate instructed us to mobilise and “use the means necessary to fly the needed equipment and crew to St. John’s, Newfoundland as soon as possible, stating time is of the essence.”
We have been working full-time with UK and US agencies to secure the necessary air support to move our specialist equipment and support crew. We are ready to support, and we are fully mobilised to help.
Magellan does not wish to comment on any specific media report. We also recognize the important role the media plays in disseminating accurate information to the public. We kindly request your cooperation in responsibly reporting on this incident, ensuring that the information shared is accurate and verified. We understand the need for information, but it is equally essential that we as a company focus on the ongoing rescue efforts.
Our thoughts, prayers, and hopes remain with those on board the submersible, as well as with their families and loved ones.
Soldato
yes, obviously, but we're talking about a nation that touts itself as the superpower and spends trillions of dollars on their military and dark projects. However, they've failed with the knowledge presented of where the vessel dived and knowledge they should have on the currents along with computer models and suitable staff to predict to a reasonably small area where to have been looking. Hence I said the whole situation has shown a massive gapping whole in their capabilities.
I'd even have a specially designed cutter that cut the 5inch carbon fiber to 4" 7/8 and then you just kick out a sizable hatch.
Obviously only to be used in an emergency in the unlikely event of being lost at sea but on the surface and running out of oxygen
Obviously only to be used in an emergency in the unlikely event of being lost at sea but on the surface and running out of oxygen
Soldato
It doesn't need to be a current enemy sub now that they know where the gap in detection is they can build something to meet similar depth capabilities.
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So it's taken 4 days for a C-17 to turn up and load their equipment.Plan to fly over Jersey equipment for Titanic sub search called off
A plan to send a military plane to Jersey to fly specialist equipment from the island to help in the search for the lost Titanic submersible has been called off.
Magellan released a statement this afternoon:
Magellan is 100% focused on supporting the rescue mission to recover the submersible. We were contacted by OceanGate early Monday, UK time, June 19, and immediately offered our knowledge of the specific site and also our expertise operating at depth considerably in advance of what is required for this incident. OceanGate instructed us to mobilise and “use the means necessary to fly the needed equipment and crew to St. John’s, Newfoundland as soon as possible, stating time is of the essence.”
We have been working full-time with UK and US agencies to secure the necessary air support to move our specialist equipment and support crew. We are ready to support, and we are fully mobilised to help.
Magellan does not wish to comment on any specific media report. We also recognize the important role the media plays in disseminating accurate information to the public. We kindly request your cooperation in responsibly reporting on this incident, ensuring that the information shared is accurate and verified. We understand the need for information, but it is equally essential that we as a company focus on the ongoing rescue efforts.
Our thoughts, prayers, and hopes remain with those on board the submersible, as well as with their families and loved ones.