Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way

[Zap Rowsdower]

Tinfoil hat:

They saw something they were not meant to see, something giving credence to the conspiracy theories about the sinking/identification of the Ship. And/or this was a malicious act to prevent people going down the wreck anymore.

After the craft is found, there will be a 'no dive zone' around the site for 'safety' reasons.

You're thinking too small. Let's go over this again, shall we...

A crazed billionaire who abhors things like "regulations" and "minimum standards of safety" because he believes they stymie innovation. A deep sea submersible specifically designed to make no contact with the outside world once underway? He and 4 of his (presumably, as they would have to be to agree to go on this expedition) equally like minded titans of industry taking this journey.
C'mon folks. I think we all know where this sub really ended up...

Spoiler

 

[glass_houses]

I remain extremely doubtful about the banging noises.

Yeah, me too. Does striking carbon fibre result in a sound that carries to such a significant degree? I know that water is an incredible carrier of sound, but at best they'd be able to whack a monitor against the hull or plexiglass. And if they did, they'd surely have to know that a frequent, timed pattern of strikes would both let any listeners know that the noise is deliberately generated, and hopefully help to triangulate the source.

If the passengers are still alive, then it's likely they're trying to conserve their oxygen by staying as still as possible, but surely they'd try to make noise a little more frequently than that.

I have a nightmare image of the submersible rolling back and forth across the sea floor helplessly in the current, being rhythmically tossed against a sea rock, over and over... But I don't know if there are currents that far down. I suspect not. I hope not.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

I remain extremely doubtful about the banging noises.

the banging noises thing is almost certainly wishful thinking from weird underwater noises of unknown origin; if someone was actually alive they might bang on half hour increments but they'd almost certainly try to signal something like SOS.

I know that water is an incredible carrier of sound, but at best they'd be able to whack a monitor against the hull or plexiglass.

I'm sure if I was deep underwater in a stupid carbon fiber bubble, the first thing I would do is start beating on it with anything I had, just for the quick, sweet release of death.

(If they're alive and beating, they're on the surface somewhere, and should have been found by now)

 

[Florch]

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[ZMOT]

I have a similar controller. It's dark blue. I like it. But I wouldn't pilot a sub with it. I have to wonder what kind of software was use and why they chose such a cheapo old controller instead of a higher quality one. You aren't emulating Crash Bandicoot here. You are taking people thousands of feet below the sea under crushing pressure. Feels like they cheaped out.

heard the stock dropped way before because the CEO of 10 years or so retired. besides some memes I didn't see any OMG LOGITECH KILLED 5 MILLIONAIRES clickbait, which means dumbfuck investors wouldn't know, and if they did it would be offset by dozens of MUH CLASS STRUGGLE activists buying dozens as form of support.

Yes the Navy uses what look like X-box controllers. They are made to much higher standards than retail shit.

lol
lmao
xbox controllers ARE retail shit (dualshocks too before anyone complaints).

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

They should send Thunderbird 4

 

[East_Clintwood]

If the passengers are still alive, then it's likely they're trying to conserve their oxygen by staying as still as possible, but surely they'd try to make noise a little more frequently than that.

The BBC apparently spoke to some talking head who claims the half hour thing is standard.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

What a horrible tragedy. Just think, they could've donated both the sub and the ticket money to Ukraine instead.

 

[Sister Miriam Godwinson]

I'm sure if I was deep underwater in a stupid carbon fiber bubble, the first thing I would do is start beating on it with anything I had, just for the quick, sweet release of death.

I hope you never find yourself deep underwater in a stupid carbon fiber bubble, 250k USD poorer, or both.

 

[Cuckoman]

Wasn't there a video or article a page or two back that said they could haul it up using ROVs and some sort of ultra tough winch contraption? The likelihood of them being found in time and saved is obviously pretty low but theoretically I think it's possible to rescue them if they are lucky enough to be located in time. The knocking every half hour indicates to me that they are still actually alive

No, the technology to recover it from this depth does not exist.
What you are seeing is what you always see in these situation. Lots of people on TV talking about their pie in the sky magcal solution that they learnt from ET, just so that they can be on tv and look famous.

Maybe the air-force can use one of those UFOs they stole from ET to dive down and rescue them?

 

[It Burns]

It hasn't been confirmed yet that it imploded. At this point none of us has any evidence of their fate, it is definitely a possibility that they are already dead but we don't know for certain. This is the best tale of the pitfalls of hubris I have read in a long time and I want this guy to survive to be absolutely roasted and be a laughing stock lol just let me have this hope!

It would take days to bring in anything that could possibly drag their asses out of the water from that depth and they do not have that kind of time unless 2-3 of the passengers have been killed to conserve oxygen. That's not even getting into the possibility of them dying of hypothermia in the event that the sub, if it's intact, has had a power failure; it's awful cold on the ocean floor.

They're dead or will be in the next day or so.

 

[Almighty Space Duck]

they do not have that kind of time unless 2-3 of the passengers have been killed to conserve oxygen.

On board there are two street shitters, a bong, a mutt and a frog. That's a real tough one.

 

[attractive_pneumonia]

Yes the Navy uses what look like X-box controllers.

The US military uses X-Box controllers for drones, unmanned vehicles across the planet that can be connected to by different terminals if one terminal is inoperative. Its not comparable. This was the one and only device and it wasn't even wired for a modest bit of redundancy.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

On board there are two street shitters, a bong, a mutt and a frog. That's a real tough one.

Don't forget the dozen Syrian refugees who snuck aboard thinking they're going to Canada.

 

[RodgerDodger]

No, the technology to recover it from this depth does not exist.
What you are seeing is what you always see in these situation. Lots of people on TV talking about their pie in the sky magcal solution that they learnt from ET, just so that they can be on tv and look famous.

Maybe the air-force can use one of those UFOs they stole from ET to dive down and rescue them?

The technology to recover it exists. The technology to "rescue" it before it runs out of air does not. If they find it they can and will bring it up. But it will take bringing in slow moving highly specialized salvage assets and a couple of weeks of careful planning.

 

[glass_houses]

The US military uses X-Box controllers for drones, unmanned vehicles across the planet that can be connected to by different terminals if one terminal is inoperative. Its not comparable. This was the one and only device and it wasn't even wired for a modest bit of redundancy.

Too soon?

 

[Android raptor]

Personally I think the criticism bringing up the migrant boat has some merit, at least in the sense that we all know all the time and money wasted on finding 5 oligarchs who wanted to win a Darwin award wouldn't be used to help poor people. Especially when classism was a huge factor in why the Titanic disaster was so catastrophic in the first place.

 

[RACISM]

On board there are two street shitters, a bong, a mutt and a frog. That's a real tough one.

There has to be a joke in here somewhere where they all have to decide who has to die to save the oxygen. The KF brain trust needs to workshop this.
As a representative for England, we put forward our long history of scientific discovery and artistic gifts to the world.

I think the punchline should be some kind of riff on the street shitters running a corner shop and because they have two of them it's a 2 for 1 special offer.

 

[Secret Asshole]

The basic fact that the sub didn't have a portable sonar emitter, a second electrical system, a launchable distress beacon all indicates this stupid faggot cut corners. Stop pretending these people are smart. They're not. Billionaires are fucking stupid. They're the dumbest people in our society.

I have a similar controller. It's dark blue. I like it. But I wouldn't pilot a sub with it. I have to wonder what kind of software was use and why they chose such a cheapo old controller instead of a higher quality one. You aren't emulating Crash Bandicoot here. You are taking people thousands of feet below the sea under crushing pressure. Feels like they cheaped out.

Because billionaires are retards. They're the most stupid people on the planet, because they think they're wealthy they've mastered reality. I've said it time and time again, billionaires are fucking stupid. All of them. They've either stolen, inherited or lucked into their wealth. And the only 'smart' thing they did was the initial thing they got rich off of, everything else is a cascade of failure. This incident is the rule, not the exception. Even the most ghetto of ghetto drug addict on xylazine would look at that submersible and not get in, but a billionaire would. That's how fucking retarded and inbred these people are.

The only difference this time around is the billionaire actually got to find out the consequences of his own actions.

Yeah, me too. Does striking carbon fibre result in a sound that carries to such a significant degree? I know that water is an incredible carrier of sound, but at best they'd be able to whack a monitor against the hull or plexiglass. And if they did, they'd surely have to know that a frequent, timed pattern of strikes would both let any listeners know that the noise is deliberately generated, and hopefully help to triangulate the source.

If the passengers are still alive, then it's likely they're trying to conserve their oxygen by staying as still as possible, but surely they'd try to make noise a little more frequently than that.

I have a nightmare image of the submersible rolling back and forth across the sea floor helplessly in the current, being rhythmically tossed against a sea rock, over and over... But I don't know if there are currents that far down. I suspect not. I hope not.

What they're hearing are likely just oceanic sounds. The same thing happened in the search for the downed Malaysian plane, where they heard 'tapping'. Even if they're found, there's no way to bring them back up and a rescue plan would have to start immediately, and there's really nothing to go on since you just fucking die at these depths, nobody rescues you.

The US military uses X-Box controllers for drones, unmanned vehicles across the planet that can be connected to by different terminals if one terminal is inoperative. Its not comparable. This was the one and only device and it wasn't even wired for a modest bit of redundancy.

Yeah, this arguement is annoying. Nobody uses game controllers to pilot things containing people and where human life is concerned. Things like that are 100% custom built because you specifically can't cheap out on controls because people will fucking die.

EDIT:
This is the retard you're saying didn't cut corners

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

This is the retard you're saying didn't cut corners

And most important: Don't get into a cheaply made tourist submersible