[News] Missing submersible.

[Nibbler]

I don't know why anyone would want to spend vast amounts of cash to visit the resting place of the Titanic. If you are interested in that sort of thing there are 3D scans and VR experiences which show more detail than you could see from a submersible with a tiny window.

I suppose some people have so much cash they don't know what to do with it? It's like that billionaire who died on the operating table as they were trying to give him a bigger penis.

Hopefully they will be rescued, and will use their wealth on less self indulgent projects in the future.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

There are but can only be activated when it’s on the surface

Surely they could have something released underwater that would emit a signal once it reaches the surface.

 

[birthofanorange]

Surely they could have something released underwater that would emit a signal once it reaches the surface.

Quite, and I find it almost impossible to believe that they have no such thing....or indeed, several.

 

[birthofanorange]

It's like that billionaire who died on the operating table as they were trying to give him a bigger penis.

Was he trampled by the horse?

 

[chickens]

Having seen how the sub is controlled, surely all they have to do is go up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start to get infinite oxygen?

 

[Sepulveda]

I don't know why anyone would want to spend vast amounts of cash to visit the resting place of the Titanic. If you are interested in that sort of thing there are 3D scans and VR experiences which show more detail than you could see from a submersible with a tiny window.

Yeah I mean there are already long videos of the Titanic relict underwater and it's not like by being in that submarine you'd have a more "direct" experience than that, since you'd still be at a distance and separated by a screen/window plus tons of metal. You'd still only experience a metal cubicle and a window where hopefully you'd see a bit of the Titanic underwater. There really is no reason to do it. I could have maybe understood it if that was the only way to see the current state of the Titanic and there weren't any available videos or pictures of it, but that's not the case.

 

[Wozza]

The only blessing would be if the crafted breached in any way then none of them would have known about it. The alternative is horrific, stuck on the bottom, potentially pitch black, no toilet, just waiting, f*** that.

Good news! It does actually have a toilet (no, really).

 

[junior]

Any decent conspiracy theories doing the rounds yet?

 

[Grizz]

Well it isn't as simple as just going up and down, there's strong underwater currents that can cause huge drift, especially if they have power or manoeuvring problems. The wreck of the Titanic is scattered over a huge area and when you're searching in the dark it's worse than a needle in a haystack. The only thing I thought they'd have would be an independently powered beacon that would help pinpoint their location, even that deep under water, but maybe that tech doesn't exist.

 

[trueblue]

Apples and oranges

Billionaires and paupers.

 

[Mr Bridger]

Good news! It does actually have a toilet (no, really).

Literally sitting on the bottom of the seabed shitting themselves in front of one another. Grim

 

[cloud]

Any decent conspiracy theories doing the rounds yet?

Here you go

British rescue mission for Titan ‘blocked by US officials’

Remotely operated vehicle capable of winching submersible out of the Atlantic waiting to leave airport in Channel Islands

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Milano]

Has anyone contacted International Rescue yet?

 

[Mr Bridger]

Any decent conspiracy theories doing the rounds yet?

Prime suspect.

 

[birthofanorange]

Literally sitting on the bottom of the seabed shitting themselves in front of one another. Grim

Hey, horses for courses, so don't knock other folks pleasure - I'm sure plenty do just that, off the beach in Brighton.

 

[1066familyman]

No money back no guarantee

Black or white, rich or rich.




Small mercies and all that.

 

[BrightonCottager]

Why doesn't the boat stay positioned over the wreck with a bloody long cable attached to the sub? Schoolboy error IMO.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Any decent conspiracy theories doing the rounds yet?

On an island with Elvis, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Amelia Earhart and Lord Lucan.

 

[Wozza]

Well it isn't as simple as just going up and down, there's strong underwater currents that can cause huge drift, especially if they have power or manoeuvring problems. The wreck of the Titanic is scattered over a huge area and when you're searching in the dark it's worse than a needle in a haystack. The only thing I thought they'd have would be an independently powered beacon that would help pinpoint their location, even that deep under water, but maybe that tech doesn't exist.

Or perhaps it wasn't in 'Camperworld' when they were kitting it out...

 

[edna krabappel]

Or perhaps it wasn't in 'Camperworld' when they were kitting it out...

Some expert was saying earlier that GPS doesn't work that far down.

I saw the CBS documentary, and realised just how rudimentary that sub is. There aren't even any seats in it: they're all just sat on the floor, and asked to take their shoes off on entry. If you paid me £195,000, I still wouldn't get in that thing. Terrifying.