Pray for missing Titanic Submersible

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#28
OrangeTsar said:
Oh it will be found. Not like it would have drifted anywhere. It will either on or next to the Titanic wreck site. It doesn’t have battery power or a need to go anywhere else. Granted there may be currents but still.
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Since the depths are a couple of miles and it takes hours to reach the floor, it will depend on how far down it had traveled and the nature of the malfunction. But since they haven’t found any floating debris it’s probably intact and will be easier to locate.
 
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#29
Well that is terrifying. I have no idea how you would even try to get to them if it didn't surface. I doubt they are even equipped to dive at that depth.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
Well that is terrifying. I have no idea how you would even try to get to them if it didn't surface. I doubt they are even equipped to dive at that depth.
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I’d think that they’d have to lift the entire vehicle. Unlikely that that thing was engineered with an escape hatch that would work with the Navy’s rescue hardware. An unmanned vehicle could cut away entanglements, but with the 90-100 hour window even that possibility is running out of time.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I’d think that they’d have to lift the entire vehicle. Unlikely that that thing was engineered with an escape hatch that would work with the Navy’s rescue hardware. An unmanned vehicle could cut away entanglements, but with the 90-100 hour window even that possibility is running out of time.
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Have they sent anything down to the wreck to look?
 
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C-south said:
It’s a terrible situation but it is the truth.
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In 1898 (14 years prior to the Titanic), a fictional novella was published (called Futility, then later republished as Wreck of the Titan, as the name of the ship in the novella was the Titan.
 
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Apparently, the view-port on the sub was only certified to 1300m, while the titanic is 4000m beneath the surface. There were battery issues with the sub as well. It's also crazy to me that there are no redundant backup methods of control if that dinky little playstation controller fails.

This is pure speculation on my part, but I think the odds are high that this was catastrophic failure of the sub. If true, at least the end was quick for its passengers.
 
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Matt2496 said:
Apparently, the view-port on the sub was only certified to 1300m, while the titanic is 4000m beneath the surface. There were battery issues with the sub as well. It's also crazy to me that there are no redundant backup methods of control if that dinky little playstation controller fails.

This is pure speculation on my part, but I think the odds are high that this was catastrophic failure of the sub. If true, at least the end was quick for its passengers.
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I keep hoping for positive news but the longer it goes the worse it gets. I can’t believe there weren’t a ton redundant safety measures in place for something like this.
 
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Matt2496 said:
Apparently, the view-port on the sub was only certified to 1300m, while the titanic is 4000m beneath the surface. There were battery issues with the sub as well. It's also crazy to me that there are no redundant backup methods of control if that dinky little playstation controller fails.

This is pure speculation on my part, but I think the odds are high that this was catastrophic failure of the sub. If true, at least the end was quick for its passengers.
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Good lord, going down in that thing was even crazier than I thought.
 
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So they use a Logitech game controller, and have spares. Which is slightly better. But you better hope nothing gets wet. They are bolted into the thing. So they can't get out of it even if they surface. They communicate with the surface via text and there is no GPS installed. I mean, who thought this was a good idea?
Inside the 22ft-long Titanic sub steered by a £42 Amazon game controller
 
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JCHateSteve said:
So they use a Logitech game controller, and have spares. Which is slightly better. But you better hope nothing gets wet. They are bolted into the thing. So they can't get out of it even if they surface. They communicate with the surface via text and there is no GPS installed. I mean, who thought this was a good idea?
Inside the 22ft-long Titanic sub steered by a £42 Amazon game controller
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GPS wouldn't work at those depths even if they had it installed. You're basically on your own that far deep into the ocean.
 
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Matt2496 said:
GPS wouldn't work at those depths even if they had it installed. You're basically on your own that far deep into the ocean.
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What if the fail safes do what they are supposed to and the ship surfaces? I'd sure want gps if I was floating on the surface with the door bolted shut.
 
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