Man of Honour
A documentary is being aired on channel 5 this evening
Titanic submersible confirmed destroyed with loss of all five souls onboard.
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Man of Honour
There's already a documentary about this on Channel 5 tonight
Caporegime
Not much of a film if it’s just a sub going down and imploding. You’d barely get through half your popcorn.
Soldato
Agree, if your going to go, going so quickly your brain doesnt even get time to register has to be the best.
Assuming that there is no afterlife of course.
Assuming that there is no afterlife of course.
Oh look, is that the Tita....
Man of Honour
To an extent I don't think it should, this type of thing is inherently dangerous and risky (like space flight), I'm not sure how regulated the likes of Virgin Galactic, etc are (beyond usual CAA/FAA rules anyway).
However I do think they should be restricting this as a "tourist" business
If it means taxpayers have to come to rescue I think it should...
Caporegime
Certainly proves that building a submersible out of empty tins of beans and decade old computer peripherals isn’t the best idea
Caporegime
Debris field discovered, news conference 8pm U.K. time…
I’m guessing an implosion Sunday when it lost contact and hopefully they were spared the alternative of suffocating on the sea bed.
news.sky.com
I’m guessing an implosion Sunday when it lost contact and hopefully they were spared the alternative of suffocating on the sea bed.
Titan submersible updates as it happened: Search boss becomes emotional as he recounts moment 'rescue mission turned to recovery'
The leader of the search team which found the wreckage of the Titan gave a new update on the doomed rescue operation. The vessel imploded while making a journey to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board. Recap what happened in the latest news conference below.
news.sky.com
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this is actually my only issue really. IF people want to go down in a high risk endevour eyes wide open then am not sure they should be stopped....... the issue is the cost of any potential rescue plan... how many millions would the rescue have cost and would a £10 million holding fee per guest have covered it, refundable on return?
as for signing their lives away, that is ok to a point however IF independent investigation reveals obvious design issues then that should not be covered on said waver imo. its not unreasonable to assume the sub was reasonably put together
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Man of Honour
If it is wreckage then what is all that stuff about knocking heard. Made up clickbaits?
They signed which said it's experimental and you could die ?
Man of Honour
The issue I have is that its these types of folk who are the modern day explorers, trying to get to the depths of the sea, etc and its not like AXA are going to insure them.
I don't think we should ban exploration, but maybe organisations/individuals doing these things should be forced to put up some collateral to help cover any potential costs
Man of Honour
There were reports earlier that the "knocking" was actually just "ocean background noise"
Soldato
If this is them, then I wonder what the repeated knocking was..?
Soldato
Knowing how people are...wouldnt put it past some ****** on one of the search ships, banging for likes and subscribes for their internet pranks
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The hatred of wealth you constantly spout, like the communist Ash Sarkar has vented at this tragic time for vote kudos,, is verging on the unhealthy. Do the lottery, if you win a substantial amount I can assure you you're attitude, if only in private, will change
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