Titanic tourist sub missing

[azazal]

The cause of the banging has been determined to be two kids with snorkels and a fake shark fin.

Orcas trying to lure more billionaires into the water.

 

[dudalb]

Only thing left is for someone to strike up
"Eternal Father Strong To Save"....

 

[Myriad]

Going back to that employee who was fired for bringing up safety issues.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/titanic-submarine-oceangate-hull-safety-lawsuit/

If they were really relying on real-time monitoring of the hull and assuming they'd have time to resurface should problems arise, that's insane.

That struck me as an oddity also, especially given the properties of carbon fiber.

Without credentials I didn't want to speculate about engineering matters, but it occurred to me early on (after reading about how the craft was designed) that even if the titanium parts and the carbon fiber part of the pressure hull individually resisted the pressure perfectly well, if they responded differently to the pressure in any way, it would be disastrous.

I hope Lochridge can be at peace knowing that he said and did what he could to prevent a disaster, apparently at considerable personal cost.

 

[Checkmite]

Of course, what pops into my head:

I wonder if they got to see the wreck before the sub crumpled?

Almost certainly not.

ETA: No almost about it. USCG says the debris is consistent with an implosion during descent.

 

[Myriad]

I've heard it reported the boy didn't want to go, but went to make his father happy.

I imagined that possibility a couple of pages ago, as pure speculation. If you heard something similar elsewhere that's fine, but I don't want to be responsible for starting any ugly rumors.

 

[lobosrul5]

Ahh, good ole r/albuquerque

 

[alfaniner]

Of course, what pops into my head:

I wonder if they got to see the wreck before the sub crumpled?

(kind of like the Everest question of "Did they summit?")

Consider Hawk in Space Cowboys.

Sure, he ended up dying, but he made it to the moon so presumably he died happy.

If the sub imploded at 90 minutes as reported, they wouldn't have been at that depth yet. It was supposed to take two hours to descend.

Oceangate has issued a statement that they believe the sub and occupants have been lost.

If someone comes up with a crazy conspiracy theory regarding this incident, will they call it "Oceangate-gate"?

 

[TurkeysGhost]

I've heard it reported the boy didn't want to go, but went to make his father happy.

Report of a "World's #1 dad" mug being retracted by the governing body. If you have kids and think you didn't do a great job, relax and know at least you didn't get them imploded.

 

[catsmate]

Of course, what pops into my head:

I wonder if they got to see the wreck before the sub crumpled?

(kind of like the Everest question of "Did they summit?")

Consider Hawk in Space Cowboys.

Sure, he ended up dying, but he made it to the moon so presumably he died happy.

Probably not. It appears the implosion was ~500m from the wreck and perhaps a couple of hundred metres above the sea-floor.

 

[crescent]

At Fox News, the important question is "how is Hunter Biden tied to this?"

And if it did implode, who the hell has been hammering every half hour?

It's that damn laptop again.

 

[dudalb]

Coast Guard announced that the noises heard were probably had no connectinon to the Titan.

 

[JoeMorgue]

Despite everything I do hope the end was quick and they didn't suffer.

 

[JoeMorgue]

Ah yes and the first talking head on television mentioned the Byford Dolphin, my go to example of "They way you don't want to die" as a comparison.

 

[The Atheist]

And if it did implode, who the hell has been hammering every half hour?

Red herrings

 

[JoeMorgue]

Talk to any sailor, the ocean just makes a lot of weird noises.

 

[Skeptical Greg]

... if they responded differently to the pressure in any way, it would be disastrous.

Wouldn't that show up in test dives?

Not that they wouldn't respond differently, but whether the difference was significant with regard to integrity.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

Twilight of the Titan

And if it did implode, who the hell has been hammering every half hour?

"They're calling muster on me!"

 

[Thermal]

Coast Guard announced that the noises heard were probably had no connectinon to the Titan.

"Yeah, remember all that **** we were saying about timed banging at regular intervals consistent with Naval protocol? Turned out we were just making **** up. Looked real busy though, didn't we?"

 

[catsmate]

Wouldn't that show up in test dives?

Not that they wouldn't respond differently, but whether the difference was significant with regard to integrity.

Possibly, or perhaps the result of multiple dives.

 

[Axxman300]

I'm semi-seriously thinking about the railings and stuff. Like, they are still under the pressure of two and a half miles of water column. When they initially located the Titanic back in I think the 80's, I sort of expected a flattened out tin can. Not imploded, just crushed.

Titanic's sinking gave us both scenarios. The bow section had filled with (hence the sinking) by the time the ship broke in two, and it sank mostly intact with most of the damage coming from the impact with the sea floor. The stern section was full of air, which is why it bobbed on the surface after the breakup, for a few moments until it began to fill with water too. At some point of it's death dive, the remaining air was compressed as far as it could go, and burst out the sides, ripping the hull plates back, and peeling the deck backward like a burrito. The most recent high definition 3D scans show this in horrific detail.

And over the years since 1985, the bow section has begun to surrender to the pressure at depth due to the bacteria eating the steal. The officer's quarters roof section has collapsed.