Titanic submarine missing

[pepperj]

Titanic submarine missing since Sunday, search underway off Newfoundland

A search and rescue operation is underway to locate a submarine that went missing on Sunday during a tourist expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Sucks, pay couple hundred thousand to sink to the bottom of the Atlantic. Hope they find them soon, but it is 12,000 feet deep.

 

[pepperj]

The sub has a 96hr recovery window. Meaning they can survive that long.
So the clock is ticking.

 

[TreaShore]

I do bot know the specifics, but I think the 96 hr window is being optimistic. That figure is probably provided under normal operation and not the increased respiration rate of a sub full of panicked individuals. Realistically, I think they have significantly less.

The best case scenario is the sub surfaced and experienced mechanical issues and is floating along somewhere. However, I think that is unlikely. If they have not been spotted, radioed for help, used a satellite phone, or activated an emergency beacon by now, then they probably never surfaced. I would find it hard that sub was damaged and all of those safety measures failed too.

The "best worst case" scenario is that the sub is disabled near the wreck. This will be the fastest path to locating and recovering the vessel. But the outcome still looks grim.

Slightly worse is if the vessel is stuck on the wreck and needs to be freed before recovery.

The absolute worst case is the sub is nowhere to be found when the wreck area is searched. At that point just hope an unfortunate miracle happened and the "best case scenario" is occurring. I am hoping for the best, but sadly, I have a feeling the worst outcome for the crew and families is likely to unfold.

 

[Red-Coat]

Let's hope for a happy outcome.

With the proviso that one never knows how much of what is currently being reported is correct...

It's said that the submersible takes around two hours to descend to the wreck. The comms equipment on board automatically 'pings' back to the mother ship every 15 minutes and the last routine ping was 1 hour and 45 minutes into the dive. The submersible should have been directly above the wreck site at that time. It's also being said that an unscheduled additional ping was received, indicating the vessel was in distress, but the pings themselves carry no additional information. It's not known if the distress ping was triggered automatically, or activated by the crew.

A previous passenger detailed that the vessel has no means of escape, even if on the surface, since the occupants are effectively bolted inside and cannot be released without external assistance to release the bolts.

What a nightmare scenario.