Titan submersible, Titanic expedition

[enrada]

After doing some research let it be known that the Titan submersible was neither Lloyd's or ASE(?) certified to operate at this depth. Oprates as a prototype. Also noted is that it has a hull condition monitoring system on board. What does that mean? Does this tell you that you have 1/100th of a second before the carbon fiber hull completely implodes. Does carbon fiber vessels flex? Was the titanium cryo-forged? Does the Polar Prince(mother ship) have onboard side scan or lidar? Does the mother ship have onboard an ROV or AUV that will reach 13,000 feet. Just a few simple questions. Hoping for the best.

 

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[ARC]

Titanic tourist submersible: desperate search for sub missing with five onboard

French expert and British explorer believed to be among five onboard submersible missing in north Atlantic since Sunday

www.theguardian.com

 

[enrada]

I understand that a pipe laying vessel with ROV capability has arrived on site. Can't find the name. Does anybody have enhanced access to Marinetraffic.com? Also France is sending ATALANTE but would be too late to arrive for anything but salvage.
Other expeditions to the Titanic have lost communication with the surface for hours.

 

[ncali_treasurehunter]

I understand that a pipe laying vessel with ROV capability has arrived on site. Can't find the name. Does anybody have enhanced access to Marinetraffic.com? Also France is sending ATALANTE but would be too late to arrive for anything but salvage.
Other expeditions to the Titanic have lost communication with the surface for hours.

Wonder if they tried to get a closer look and got tangled up and damaged communication in the process.

 

[devldog]

Prayers said for the crew aboard the sub.

 

[ARC]

I wonder how many hours it can stand... the max.... i heard originally something about 96.
And... Its been down since Sunday... but what time ?

 

[creskol]

Ok so let me get this right…
These folks decided to hop in a mini pill, called the Titan! It’s not even a submarine, it’s a submersible device that has to use another device to be able to even come back up!

• Then, they can’t even get out themselves because they are bolted in from the outside….
• Then, this experimental device isn’t even approved
• Then…..if all fails with this device, theirs literally no other device that can go down to even retrieve it, only video devices to TRY and look for it to see where it is!
• Then….the device doesn’t have the ability to even find the titanic, it has to text another device who will guide it
• Then to even get down there, they basically have to do a free for all drop and hope they don’t fall into the actual titanic and get stuck or hit anything

Who really thought it was a good idea?!

 

[ARC]

Well i would never get in anything like this thing.
Personally subs freak me out... i would be so Closterphobic i couldn't do it.

 

[villagenut]

35 hours of oxygen remaining as of 9 pm tonight.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I wouldn’t do it if it was free

 

[enrada]

Sadly David Concannon is trying to blame the Coast Guard and US Navy and any Gov official for not being able to release the equipment that could lend assistance. How about blaming your company for not having back up communication equipment on board the submersible?How about blaming your company for not having an ROV or side scan sonar on board the mother ship? Just another lawyer trying to pass the buck.

 

[detectorcowboy]

I do not like the idea that you have to be let out of the sub.
You can't open a hatch to get out someone on the outside has to let you out, that makes it a no go for me.

 

[Peyton Manning]

You know, if you get in a thing to go two miles under the sea, you ought to know that the tiniest glitch means you’re dead.

 

[ARC]

You know, if you get in a thing to go two miles under the sea, you ought to know that the tiniest glitch means you’re dead.

Gospel.

 

[ARC]

From photos / vids... the "sub" looks ...um... weak with weird design overall IMO.
I would not have felt confident in its construction and setup.... by looks alone... let alone anything else... like no backups etc.

 

[jeff of pa]

All I Can Picture is This

 

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Ill take 2.

 

[jeff of pa]

is the titanic still whole ?
could they have been foolish enough to try and go inside and
work their way through the Halls ?
they were foolish enough to go Down there in the first place

 

[Hbot37]

is the titanic still whole ?
could they have been foolish enough to try and go inside and
work their way through the Halls ?
they were foolish enough to go Down there in the first place

Its in the process of falling apart, I doubt theres any way a sub like that could actually get inside.

 

[Blak bart]

Not the best idea was it !! That thing was a custom built beer can death trap !! It dosent take a degree in engineering to look at the thing and go.....OH HELL NO !! and it's not always the case with billionaires that they have the brains to match there earnings. I have worked for billionaires most of my career, and I often wonder how they made any money at all !! I can't tell you how much money I have personally wasted for some real bad decisions that have been made by people that are considered wise, successful, and rich. My current boss is a lighting ✨️ mogul and billionaire.....he finally looked at me one day and said.....do you really think I know anything about how led lights actually work ? I don't, but I do know how to hire and manage the best people in the industry, and make lots of money. I have seen some real bad decisions made by these type people, and it was a bad decision to be talked into a death ride on a home made untested submarine for those billionaires on board that P.O.S. !! Just a bad decision......250,000$ to plunge to your death !!