[News] Missing submersible.
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AmexRuislip
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Because of the depth and rhe urgency to rescue them, I wonder about their decompression and the issue of 'the bends' happening.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Nicks
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The human body can't decompress to that depth and they won't have the facilities on that contraption to do that anyway.
AmexRuislip
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Still scary stuff though.....
sir_gullahad
Active member
I imagine that the sub would be designed to stay at around atmospheric pressure so the bends wouldn't be an issue.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
- 11,239
This, the sub will mean they don’t experience any difference in pressure to what they would on the surface.
If they were to experience any difference in pressure at the level they are it would lead to catastrophic failure of the sub and the people on board would be dead before they even knew what was going on.
Submersible experts wrote to OceanGate CEO expressing concern
The New York Times has unearthed a 2018 letter sent by submersible experts to Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate.The authors of the letter expressed "unanimous concern" over the approach taken by OceanGate when building the Titan and warned of potential "catastrophic" issues with its design.
They also said OceanGate was making "misleading" claims about its design exceeding established industry safety standards and urged Rush to institute a prototype testing program reviewed and witnessed by an accredited registrar.
"It is our unanimous view that this validation process by a third-party is a critical component in the safeguards that protect all submersible occupants," the letter read.
The NYT said a spokesperson for OceanGate declined to comment
OzMike
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More victims of the Titanic disaster.
armchairclubber
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Cheeky Monkey
Well-known member
- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,131
This will be the end of their nice little earner, can't see the company surviving this
from BBC
A submarine expert who worked for OceanGate – the company that operates the missing submersible – warned of potential safety problems in 2018, according to US court documents.
David Lochridge moved from Scotland to Washington state to work for the firm. In a BBC interview in 2017 he enthused about the mission and said it was "destined for the sea".
But less than a year later he warned his bosses that flaws in the Titan's carbon hull might go undetected without more stringent testing, and urged the company to have an outside agency certify the vessel.
He said his verbal warnings were ignored until he wrote a report and was called into a meeting with several officials - including OceanGate chief executive Stockton Rush, who is aboard the missing submersible.
OceanGate responded by firing Lochridge. The company sued him for revealing confidential information, and the submarine expert countersued for unfair dismissal. The lawsuit was later settled.
Through his lawyer, Lochridge declined to comment.
Court documents also state that Lochridge learned that the manufacturers of the Titan’s forward viewport only certified it to a depth of 1,300 metres. The Titanic wreck lies 3,800 metres below the ocean surface.
A submarine expert who worked for OceanGate – the company that operates the missing submersible – warned of potential safety problems in 2018, according to US court documents.
David Lochridge moved from Scotland to Washington state to work for the firm. In a BBC interview in 2017 he enthused about the mission and said it was "destined for the sea".
But less than a year later he warned his bosses that flaws in the Titan's carbon hull might go undetected without more stringent testing, and urged the company to have an outside agency certify the vessel.
He said his verbal warnings were ignored until he wrote a report and was called into a meeting with several officials - including OceanGate chief executive Stockton Rush, who is aboard the missing submersible.
OceanGate responded by firing Lochridge. The company sued him for revealing confidential information, and the submarine expert countersued for unfair dismissal. The lawsuit was later settled.
Through his lawyer, Lochridge declined to comment.
Court documents also state that Lochridge learned that the manufacturers of the Titan’s forward viewport only certified it to a depth of 1,300 metres. The Titanic wreck lies 3,800 metres below the ocean surface.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Updated above……he got fired
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Imagine the emotions running through his head at the moment.
Cheeky Monkey
Well-known member
- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,131
The irony. What next, 'two for one' tours taking in both the Titanic and them?
With the prospect of also becoming part of future tours
Why not?
The whole thing says much about:
- Our relationship with the dead
- Our relationship with money and (lack of ) awareness of its limitations
- Our arrogance about nature
- How we struggle to differentiate between actual real tragedy and fiction
- The role social media plays in all this
It goes on.
Where does it end?