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

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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.
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So the "we were blocked" was BS anyway.
I suppose it worked to trigger the outrage.
 
Freakbro said:
Food isn't the problem, someone on the radio said they didn't have much water which would be the bigger problem.
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The cold walls would condense sweat and exhaled vapour.
That’a a very small space for CO2 scrubbing so I assume they have small packs running off battery powered air pumps..
 
Combat squirrel said:
You win the award for the dumbest comment in thread.

I don't think you have any idea how utterly massive the ocean is, even when you roughly know where to start looking, it's near impossible to find it.

Anyway game over 100% now, even if they found it in the next 2 seconds, not enough time to winch it up.
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They're not searching the whole ocean and never would have been so it's you being dumb to mention how big the ocean is because it's not relevant.
 
bingham67 said:
There no way this craft is at the titanic site I reckon it miles away the thing got stuck going forward in a mechanical error.

Failing that plot twist it got eaten by a giant squid.
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So many different hypothetical scenarios, anything from failed air scrubbing, to water ingress to toxic lithium battery fire, to collision (titanic/sea floor explosion or RU sub).

If i was a father i would perhaps be tempted to end my life to save oxygen for my kids.
 
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bingham67 said:
There no way this craft is at the titanic site I reckon it miles away the thing got stuck going forward in a mechanical error.

Failing that plot twist it got eaten by a giant squid.
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I am really 50/50 in between its suffered a catastrophic failure and is in small very heavily compacted pieces somewhere close to the titanic. So the rescue part of search and rescue is void.

Or its managed to surface but is outside the area that they have good coverage on and its going to be luck to find it before its too late.
 
NickK said:
If i was a father i would perhaps be tempted to end my life to save oxygen for my kids.
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The same thought occurred to me. I guess it depends whether there was a prospect of an eventual rescue. If there was, then end your life to save oxygen for your son. But if there is no realistic proposition then stay alive to comfort him. Tough decision.

I think its too late now. I would be highly surprised if they have been alive even the last couple of days. I hope it was quick rather than being trapped. RIP.
 
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UTmaniac said:
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?
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IIRC radio waves travel very badly in water, even the very long wave. Sound waves however travel far better, its why they use pings. I can't imagine there is any way radio could be used to communicate at those depths.
 
Colonel_Klinck said:
IIRC radio waves travel very badly in water, even the very long wave. Sound waves however travel far better, its why they use pings. I can't imagine there is any way radio could be used to communicate at those depths.
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Even at much shallower depths (the depths that nuclear subs operate at) its a challenge to get messages down there. They need to use ELF (extremely low frequency) radio to communicate when subs are at depth, and that's often just to notify them to come to a shallower depth to collect a message
 
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