Titanic Submersible Tour - Missing

A guy who had been down in it said the ballast was just like scaff poles on the side, to release them all the people on board moved to one side so they fell off the hooks they were on.

Whole this seems sketchy as Fcuk to me.

no comms
no nav
no blow out
bolted in from the outside
 
As it can only be opened from outside then even if it has surfaced they need to be found within 96 hours or they run out of air.

Just seems ludicrous that there is no radio, location beacon or any way of knowing where it is!
 
Cambsred said:
I haven't really looked into this but don't these things have transponders or something attached? Quite expensive bit of kit to drop it in the water and not be able to track it.
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Definitely has a transponder as I don’t believe it would be allowed into the water without it (standard safety requirement).

The Titanic sank in probably one of the deepest parts of the Atlantic (13000 ft) so if there was a problem with this submersible after around 7000 feet then I’m not too sure if it has the ability to get back up.

I know there’s plenty of safety features on this submersible but my concern is that it probably was carrying too much weight (4 persons) and this could be the reason why it ran into issues.
 
Expat Smoggie said:
Definitely has a transponder as I don’t believe it would be allowed into the water without it (standard safety requirement).

The Titanic sank in probably one of the deepest parts of the Atlantic (13000 ft) so if there was a problem with this submersible after around 7000 feet then I’m not too sure if it has the ability to get back up.

I know there’s plenty of safety features on this submersible but my concern is that it probably was carrying too much weight (4 persons) and this could be the reason why it ran into issues.
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Did you see the video clip above? It might have a homemade transponder made out of an old kettle and a old Gameboy.
 
When I left the RN I went to work for VSEL in Barrow so I had some insight to the submersibles which were being designed in Sweden, which were very sophisticated but even they specified that even with a DDTP of 15k they wouldn’t go down with humans below 6k.

I think the other point here is also we have so much technology where we can use robots for this kind of thing then why subject inexperienced people for a tour?

I can’t imagine what it must be like to have someone have a panic attack at 3000 ft either. I remember on those ballistic subs if we had anything over 750ft some of the seasoned Veterans would have a panic attack. The bloody things used to creak and groan at those depths — not confidence builder that’s for sure.
 
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Expat Smoggie said:
I think the other point here is also we have so much technology where we can use robots for this kind of thing then why subject inexperienced people for a tour?
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Look at the people on board. This isn't exploratory. This is billionaires finding something to spend their money on.

There are loads of touristy activities that are dangerous so people losing their life in search of something risky/fun isn't anything new. It's just different because not many people have the opportunity to do this sort of thing. The same thing will happen with space tourism. Even if the risks are only small, the more trips that happen the more chance that something goes wrong on one of them.
 
KDG said:
I have safely navigated a Pedalo over many sea's and oceans in my time so i think i qualify. I also jumped in the Forum swimming baths with my pyjamas on.
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Could you blow them up though.....that's the massive question !
If hte answer is Yes then you need to be flown out there on consultant rates/minute.
 
Steer said:
Did you see the video clip above? It might have a homemade transponder made out of an old kettle and a old Gameboy.
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I know we shouldn’t joke about this but this whole situation seemed like a tea party for those who could afford it, so a kettle design sounds very fitting.
 
Nano said:
Look at the people on board. This isn't exploratory. This is billionaires finding something to spend their money on.

There are loads of touristy activities that are dangerous so people losing their life in search of something risky/fun isn't anything new. It's just different because not many people have the opportunity to do this sort of thing. The same thing will happen with space tourism. Even if the risks are only small, the more trips that happen the more chance that something goes wrong on one of them.
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Yes, a lot of rich people on a jolly knowing the risks.
It's a dramatic one tho hence the publicity
 
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