Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way

Maybe they stumbled upon an illegal chinese scrapping operation

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

I love UFO's etc and everything that goes with them.
I don't comment much because others seem more informed and qualified....and you know I can't help but want real evidence.

I'd jump in an alien UFO tomorrow and go whizzing wherever.....but there's not enough money in the world to get me to go into one of those submersible things.

Must be awful for all involved in what seems like a tragic accident.

They would have found surface debris if the hull was breached, so I would guess they are stuck down there.
Makes me wonder why such things do not have battery powered ping machines.

originally posted by: Spacespider
They would have found surface debris if the hull was breached, so I would guess they are stuck down there.
Makes me wonder why such things do not have battery powered ping machines.

Or a ballon on a tether that could deploy assuming it could surface without obstruction

a reply to: Freeborn

It's why I came here in the first place.

Remember my weird flying log on fire UFO experiences?

Which I can't find.

USOs are interesting.

Especially why Navy sonar guys won't talk about them.

originally posted by: Klassified

originally posted by: DBCowboy

originally posted by: Creep Thumper
I'm evil, I guess. I don't feel bad about this. After they discovered this wreck, they should have left it alone.

It's a grave and should be respected as such.

Ummm, so are the pyramids.

Don't get me started on the pyramids being "tombs" DB. My post will get removed.

On topic: I seriously hope these people come out of this alive. I can't even imagine the fear factor down there.

Glad you pointed that out. 👍🏻

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: Freeborn

It's why I came here in the first place.

Remember my weird flying log on fire UFO experiences?

Which I can't find.

USOs are interesting.

Especially why Navy sonar guys won't talk about them.

Raise the Titanic/ The Abyss mash-up.

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Remember my weird flying log on fire UFO experiences?

This one mate?

www.abovetopsecret.com...

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: SprocketUK

Megs exist.

Here a 100% legit totally not fake photo of one next to a Nazi U Boat off South Africa in 1942.

www.pinterest.co.uk...

Probably......

I thought ' Jason Statham ' killed them all ?

The company charges guests $250,000 (£195,270) for a place on its eight-day expedition to see the famous wreck.

$250k to see a graveyard?

Even if I had that kind of play money I wouldn't do it.

96 Hours of air for the 5 onboard and it can auto surface. But no communication is a bad sign.

a reply to: mikell

Was it a 3 hour cruise ..........??

a reply to: Spacespider


How would anything float when the pressure on anything that has a density making it so is crushed so it doesn't float.

Someone suggested a balloon as a.marker. That would take several gallons of gasoline or similar uncompressible fluid to float a balloon. No air filled balloon would rise because the air would not fill a balloon at that depth. Too much pressure.

They brought up a section of the Titanic's hull by attaching lift bags full of gasoline to it. They got them in place by sending them down with metal weights attached.

The bathiscape Triest used tanks of gasoline for lift. They went down weighted with iron shot and released the shot to rise.

Air does not lift anything at that bepth.

I don't know how true this is, but they were saying on SKY news earlier that if the sub does not recieve a esponse after 24 hours from last ping that it auto dumps weight and surfaces.

Wouldn't there be a battey back up for a location signal/beacon ?

How would a tourist sub that only goes to the Titanic be hard to find ?

There's something off about this one there was a British Millionaire on the trip wonder wonder , Subs like this do not just go dark .

a reply to: Ravenwatcher
Any beacon has to be in contact with the water to make a signal. Any commercially available beacon would be crushed by the pressure at that depth.

originally posted by: Ravenwatcher
Wouldn't there be a battey back up for a location signal/beacon ?

How would a tourist sub that only goes to the Titanic be hard to find ?

There's something off about this one there was a British Millionaire on the trip wonder wonder , Subs like this do not just go dark .

You mean a British Billionaire.

originally posted by: RMFX1
I don't know how true this is, but they were saying on SKY news earlier that if the sub does not recieve a esponse after 24 hours from last ping that it auto dumps weight and surfaces.

If the batteries have failed, flooded or become disconnected, how is an automated system supposed to work?

That is a bad design. The weights should be released at loss of power. Better to loose the weights than loose the sub and all on board.

a reply to: beyondknowledge2

Actually I don't think they would have a beacon on a submersible that would be crushed by the depth and would have several back up systems , On-star would work down there . Why would you have 96 hours of air and not have battery back ups and fail safes .

Does not look good.

From BBC

” In his report from last year, Pogue reads from what appears to be a waiver which describes the submersible as an “experimental” vessel, "that has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, disability, emotional trauma or death".

“Where do I sign?” he says to the camera with a smile.

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush then gives him a tour of the submersible, where he reveals the vessel only has one button and is run using a video game controller.”

It’s apparently a Playstation controller.

Then this from some expert.

“While the submersible might still be intact, if it is deeper than more than 200m (656ft) there are very few vessels that can get that deep, and certainly not divers.”

“The vehicles designed for navy submarine rescue certainly can’t get down to anywhere near the depth of the Titanic.”

"And even if they could, I very much doubt that they could attach to the hatch of the tourist submersible.”

originally posted by: Guyfriday
After watching the interview with David Pogue, I'm surprised that this hasn't happened sooner. That video is linked at the bottom of the OPs linked article.

Was thinking the same, it's easier to go to outer space than this, I am also surprised it doesn't happen more often.

ETA if it's caught up in the wreckage, probably the last time anyone goes down there.