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ProSniper
21 Jun 23 23:17
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"There are now 12 hours of oxygen left in the missing Titan submersible as rescue efforts continue for the five passengers. ShockedSad

A Canadian aircraft searching for the sub in the Atlantic Ocean detected intermittent “banging” noises from the vicinity of its last known location, the US Coast Guard said.

Crew searching for the missing sub heard banging sounds every 30 minutes on Tuesday and again four hours later on Wednesday after additional sonar devices were deployed.

However, the US Coast Guard clarified that they “don’t know the source of the noise”.

Aboard the Titan is CEO and founder of OceanGate Expeditions Stockton Rush, British billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, renowned French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood.

Mr Dawood’s sister, Sabrina Dawood told Sky News that the Dawood family is solely focused on the rescue of her brother and nephew and hope for their safe return.

The watercraft submerged on Sunday morning from its support vessel to travel to the Titanic wreckage which sits at a depth of 12,500ft. About an hour and 45 minutes later, the Titan lost contact with its surface ship, the Polar Prince.

The Titan is equipped with a four-day emergency oxygen supply."

“It is impossible not to make the connection between the fateful voyage of the Titanic and another, more than a century later, which took five intrepid souls to view its watery wreckage.

Whether the Titan is missing because of deficiencies in design and construction or because of mistakes made by its operator – Rush – may be lost to history if the submersible is never found. The lesson of the Titanic, however, is that it can be both.”

Skylar Baker-Jordan writes: Whether sailing across the vast ocean or diving beneath its depths, human life and safety must always come before corporate profit and pride.
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Report Rico-Dangleflaps June 21, 2023 11:21 PM BST
10,000 they are saved..

1,000 its found..
Report pandora1963 June 21, 2023 11:22 PM BST
it'll be found, just too late
Report JJmbe June 21, 2023 11:23 PM BST
Wouldn't back 10,000, poor barstewards.
Report ProSniper June 21, 2023 11:24 PM BST
I think so 2, pandy Sad think Shafty has made mistake with the found odds..
Report Rico-Dangleflaps June 21, 2023 11:30 PM BST
if its lost its mobilty which is likely...it will be carried by the current to anywhere..they are already searching an area the size of wales.
Report Rico-Dangleflaps June 21, 2023 11:33 PM BST
why oh why would a billionaire want to go 2.5 mile underwater to view a shipwreck in a basic submersible beggars utter belief.
Report ProSniper June 21, 2023 11:33 PM BST
Sure, Shafty, sometimes it's easy to forget or comprehend the VASTNESS of such a treacherous place..
Report Gagging June 21, 2023 11:45 PM BST
As an ex submariner, I feel for them - they took some big risks, but keeping my fingers crossed for them, since i'm not a praying type.
Report penzance June 21, 2023 11:49 PM BST
Hope they are found but this is only about 22ft & around 9/10tonnes,
not very big.
Report ProSniper June 21, 2023 11:54 PM BST
Indeed. And once the time of any possible survival is passed, the operation is likely to wind down from half-assed to non-existent..

Shafty's found odds may actually have been on the skinny side Scared
Report Rico-Dangleflaps June 22, 2023 12:44 AM BST
praying only has one upside..

keeps ya palms warm.
Report ProSniper June 22, 2023 12:56 AM BST
Dr Ledez explained some of the factors at play for those onboard the missing Titan sub.

He says surviving after oxygen runs out will depend on a person's metabolism and some may survive longer than others.

"It’s not like switching off a light, it’s like climbing a mountain," he said.

"They're going to do everything they can to reduce their oxygen consumption, they're going to rest, they're going to try to be as relaxed and calm as possible because they know that too much activity will cause more metabolism - creating more carbon dioxide."

Dr Ledez also says "hypothermia could be their friend".

"There is a possibility if they cool down enough and lose consciousness they could live through it... The heart beat can be really slow when cold," he said.

"Could they go on a week after the limits? I doubt it. But some may survive longer than others."
Report geoff m June 22, 2023 7:49 AM BST
Odds on the sub being found?
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Yer can have odds against with me.
Report Rico-Dangleflaps June 22, 2023 9:50 AM BST
ive prayed all night...any news?
Report Callisto-moon June 22, 2023 9:59 AM BST
you think they might of turned on each other? I mean less people breathing means more oxygen for whos left.
Report xmoneyx June 22, 2023 10:04 AM BST
ceo strangled ?

nap
Report Callisto-moon June 22, 2023 10:05 AM BST
thats what i mean the less the longer.
imagine all the **** and piss in there now.
Report salmon spray June 22, 2023 10:07 AM BST
5 super-rich people seeking thrills. Not much sympathy I'm afraid.
Report xmoneyx June 22, 2023 10:10 AM BST
The oceanographer who first discovered the wreck also later discovered the Bismarck and refuses to say where it is because he considers the gross commercialization of the Titanic to be akin to grave robbing.
Report trevor007 June 22, 2023 10:21 AM BST
Link below to documentary about diver lost at the bottom of the North Sea with 5mins air supply, terrific harrowing watch

https://www.chrislemons.co.uk/last-breath
Report acey deucy June 22, 2023 10:26 AM BST
5 super-rich people seeking thrills. Not much sympathy I'm afraid....For Gods sake salmon that is probably the most tasteless comment i have ever seen on here and that is saying something.Plain
Report salmon spray June 22, 2023 10:31 AM BST
If you've seen nothing more tasteless on here acey you must be blind.
Report Reynard June 22, 2023 10:32 AM BST
Acey - I've seen far worse . Sadly can't be unseen now Sad
Report dustybin June 22, 2023 10:33 AM BST
I wonder if their names were on branson’s space fail, but cheered themsens up with a go on the Titan fart tin?

I keep seeing it described as ‘exploration’.
It ain’t, it’s tourism. The Titanic was discovered and mapped many times now, even had stuff brought up.

Reminds me of Ranulp Fiennes when he gets stranded doing some pointless venture and requires saving.
Report JJmbe June 22, 2023 10:40 AM BST
https://www.channel5.com/show/live-the-titanic-sub-lost-at-sea

Not wasting any time here.
Report Andrew.in.Sweden June 22, 2023 10:44 AM BST
I'm not qualified to give opinions on submersible craft (it's not a submarine) but i can on carbon fibres and pressure in aerospace. A few of us in the office have been following this tragedy and discussing the craft itself.

It's not certified and actually quite crudely designed with minimal safety features. It needs a mother ship and can only be opened externally. Minimal power. No heating. The size of a small camping caravan with cramped conditions. No verbal communication with the outside world. Carbon fibre filament technology is common in many industries (including sea craft) and not really an issue, but sea-pressure at 4000 metres approaches 6000 PSI (almost 2.6 tons). Add to that the reported 200 dives (apparently) and over time, salt water and expansion/contraction may have created a fissure in the lay-up, possibly impacting the electrical system, and as a consequence, lost power.

I'm not suggesting this is the cause, simply a possibility, and it's not as though this craft has been designed/manufactured by an experienced company aka Airbus/Boeing in the aircraft industry and gone through a lengthy qualification and certification process. Going back in time, even Boeing had technical issues with the Dreamliner that uses similar CF technology.

I agree with Rico and doubt it will ever be found. Think Malaysian Airlines flight 370 in 2014, not such a different scenario. I hope i'm wrong.
Report xmoneyx June 22, 2023 10:48 AM BST
previous trip - sub was 500 yds from titanic , but took 3 hours to find it

visability is bad or controls useless
Report JJmbe June 22, 2023 10:49 AM BST
Saw a documentary a while back, they operate it with a games console joystick and it went wrong when they reached the wreck.
Report The Knight June 22, 2023 10:50 AM BST
andrew...That is very interesting.

As I suspected, those using the craft must have had their brains removed.

I wonder if the owner of the craft checks it / has it checked between dives for signs of fissures?

From your knowledge, would potential fissures be detectable, even more so if not visible to the naked eye but using some kind of specialist kit?
Report EastLower Gooner June 22, 2023 10:57 AM BST
My feeling from the start was that would be a Search and Recovery mission at some point.

Just based on previous underwater rescue “attempts”.

But these guys are straight up explorers from the old days so they’ll take it like men and I’m sure when the wills are announced the families will be happy.
Report JJmbe June 22, 2023 11:06 AM BST
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001db8h

20 min documentary was on bbc a while back, how they operate the sub i found scary.
Report Andrew.in.Sweden June 22, 2023 11:18 AM BST
The Knight

From your knowledge, would potential fissures be detectable, even more so if not visible to the naked eye but using some kind of specialist kit?

No way with the naked eye.

I'm not privy to any information relating to manufacture of the 'tube' part, and CF technology is a generic term covering so many different materials/processes, but assuming a laminated lay-up (as assumed) you would need specialist equipment to inspect it, and there could be a core.
Report dustybin June 22, 2023 11:22 AM BST
It’s the economics that damns the thing.
2m spheres of titanium are proven and regulated for those types of depths….but you’d not get 5 paying tourists in one.
Ergo they make it viable by creating disclaimers where each person signs their life away on payment and if they get lucky they return.
Report JPSER June 22, 2023 11:27 AM BST
did anyone see the video floating about of the CEO Stockton Rush saying he didnt want to hire 50 year old white guys, and instead wanted a team who were younger and more inspirational.

what a faulty way of thinking
Report salmon spray June 22, 2023 11:29 AM BST
Well as I said,to acey's horror,not much sympathy. Not to say I hope they die but I will be unmoved either way tbh. There are people dying all over the world who have not chosen to put themselves in hazardous conditions and in this case apparently for no scientific benefit.
Report mitolo June 22, 2023 12:01 PM BST
the fact they are super-rich grates with resentful miserablist fishface. distasteful small-minded and entirely predictable

no more mountain-climbing? its expensive. sailing likewise. motor bike tt? 100% death rate. cave diving, whitewater rafting, scuba diving, hang gliding, free soloing. no sympathy for them

they can all die, especially those that that spend a few quid
Report salmon spray June 22, 2023 12:04 PM BST
I love you too mitolo     Love
Report JPSER June 22, 2023 12:18 PM BST
are you 2 celebrating pride month?
Report dustybin June 22, 2023 12:20 PM BST
That’s not correct mitolo
The company that cobbles together other company’s tech in this Titan also build another smaller sub that is cleared to dive to greater pressures.
This is a business venture, selling ghoulish voyeurism to rich folk who feel entitled. They arn’t pushing the boundaries of discovery.
Report know all June 22, 2023 12:27 PM BST
its like knocked up in someones shed, not tested and some who were due to go on refused , scaffold poles for ballast and gorilla tape and plastic tye wires, toilet with curtain for privacy,talk about taking risks it just wasnt safe
Report mitolo June 22, 2023 12:29 PM BST
its entirely correct

i never said they were pushing anything. its irrelevant if its a business venture. its a big business and very expensive taking people up everest and has a very high death-rate. so what? they aint pushing any boundaries either

how do you know they feel entitled? have you met them? i know lotsa multis and none of them feel entitled. its just a lazy small-minded offensive stereotype dished out by resentful nobodies and socialists like fishface
Report JPSER June 22, 2023 12:31 PM BST
it baffles me in this day and age of technology that there cant be some kind of device saying exactly where it is, instead of being totally lost. or at least have some chord inside that when pulled would inflate and bring it to the surface.
Report dustybin June 22, 2023 12:40 PM BST
Correct, going up Everest achieves very little now, but people do it for personal reasons.
What doesn’t happen as you have alluded to by the number who die trying, rescue teams don’t abandon everything to search for them.
Perhaps a couple of helicopters and a team of Sherpas or they simply wait for the weather to change to collect the bodies months later.

People can do what they want, but when it goes wrong don’t expect to get bailed out.

The point is them going down on the Titan achieves little either other than creating self indulgent cocktail stories.
Report mitolo June 22, 2023 12:45 PM BST
when a 'self-indulgent' sailor goes out on his tub in bad weather no doubt the rnli will let him drown and we will have to do without his stories, cocktales or otherwise
Report dustybin June 22, 2023 12:54 PM BST
The RNLI don’t come from the other side of the world.
The point that you are avoiding is that you were making out all these dangerous activities further human development

This is a tourist activity making a tragedy into a commodity.
Report mitolo June 22, 2023 1:08 PM BST
oi. stop putting words in my gob. you aint connected to my melon so they are far below the ones i put there meself. i said nothing of the sort. nothing

utterly irrelevant. the rnli might take a bit too long to get there. so they should be left to die? what about the british divers on the yacht that blew up in egypt? leave em to burn?

stop garbling the lingo. how to make a 'tragedy into a commodity'? gibberish. its not a commodity there is much call for
Report dustybin June 22, 2023 1:21 PM BST
Yes, only the voyeuristic with big pockets need apply.

You either have a ‘for profit’ organisation that waivers certification and licensing but accepts they are dead on any problem that happens.
Or you do gain certification the official way, pay the license and tax and get the help from where it’s appropriate.

At present they have a foot in each aisle, while avoiding responsibility having had customers sign their life away.
Report mitolo June 22, 2023 1:39 PM BST
bore off
Report ProSniper June 22, 2023 1:40 PM BST
Eye agree salmmy, there's defo been more tasteless, but perhaps nothing much colder.. Being wealthy and/or taking risks hardly means we shouldn't sympathise over that type of fate. IF it was known pond scum down there(known violent felons with any number of crimes against decent people) then fair enough, we could even be forgiven by any god for eating popcorn wishing we had a livestream from inside that little sub, but these people are NOT those types of worthless scum who present constant threat to the GP.
Report salmon spray June 22, 2023 1:57 PM BST
Just telling it like I see it. dusty has put it better than I could. But I no longer get into rows on here so that's my last word on the subject.
Report impossible123 June 22, 2023 2:01 PM BST
The media constantly reminding viewers of possible last smidgeon of oxygen in the cabin.
Report EastLower Gooner June 22, 2023 2:03 PM BST
Y’all already know…

If ELG is in the money then start lumping on the Derby winner for the Champion Hurdle.

I’ll make it happen.

None of this subbing around the ocean thing. Lord.
Report EastLower Gooner June 22, 2023 2:04 PM BST
Straight to Donald McCain’s too Devil
Report JPSER June 22, 2023 2:05 PM BST
what happens if someone farts down there? does it just linger the whole time with nowhere to go?
Report mitolo June 22, 2023 2:07 PM BST
busty put it very badly. but still better than you could. pffft

you dont get involved when you know you will be made to look foolish
Report JPSER June 22, 2023 2:18 PM BST
any sightings of Leonna Mayor? Love
Report JPSER June 22, 2023 2:19 PM BST
ha, wrong thread
Report saddo June 22, 2023 2:28 PM BST
Aye, if you'd said Rishi it would have been acceptable.
Report xmoneyx June 22, 2023 5:04 PM BST
BREAKING: A “debris field” has been discovered within the search area for missing submersible Titan by a remotely-operated vehicle near the wreckage of the Titanic, the US Coast Guard said.

imploded ?
Report ProSniper June 22, 2023 5:20 PM BST
As sad as that would be, it would of course be better fate than the desperate drawn out alternative.
Report stu June 22, 2023 5:23 PM BST
what happens if someone farts down there? does it just linger the whole time with nowhere to go?

Laugh
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