Submarine tour of the Titanic goes missing

[Ark]

They do have a bunch of stuff ...

Titan equipment list:

-Flashlight from Walmart

-Spongebob themed walkie talkie

-Harbor Freight mechanics tool set

 

[Ark]

When the project moves from rescue to recovery is there a purpose?

Can they learn for the future from the retrieved sub that failed or is the sub so destroyed and no different than picking up aluminum cans for recycling?

To return the remains to their families.

If located in one piece this is a relatively simple recovery. Aircraft are retrieved by the Navy at this depth regularly.

 

[BigRed]

This was supposed to be a 3 hour tour!

 

[Lpherr]

This was supposed to be a 3 hour tour!

Did they set ashore on an uncharted dessert island?

 

[Bugzilla]

The Chinese have it. Like Moonraker but in the ocean. Seems Bond had a “Moonraker” type of movie under water but the name eludes me.

 

[Sylvain]

Submarines are RARELY recovered.
The ONLY thing going for this one is it's size.

Also the fact that it's a civilian submarine not carrying nukes I imagine.

And not a top secret military sub ... like the Russian Kursk.

The Russians refused any international help at the time.
Here you have several countries all working together and bringing their best tech.

Depth is also important I imagine.
German U-boats have been salvaged but they probably not as deep as the Titan is now.

Money is also very important.
Having a billionaire (if he's actually a billionaire, at least a multi-millionaire) stuck inside changes everything.
It's not poor Russian sailors.

 

[printcraft]

The Chinese have it. Like Moonraker but in the ocean. Seems Bond had a “Moonraker” type of movie under water but the name eludes me.

"The spy who loved me."

 

[printcraft]

Titan equipment list:

-Flashlight from Walmart

-Spongebob themed walkie talkie

-Harbor Freight mechanics tool set

Co-pilot reporting for duty... he has everything you need.

 

[BigRed]

Did they set ashore on an uncharted dessert island?

Who knows?

 

[Wolfhound]

Titan equipment list:

-Flashlight from Walmart

-Spongebob themed walkie talkie

-Harbor Freight mechanics tool set

Don’t forget Play Station controller.

 

[actaeon277]

Also the fact that it's a civilian submarine not carrying nukes I imagine.

And not a top secret military sub ... like the Russian Kursk.

The Russians refused any international help at the time.
Here you have several countries all working together and bringing their best tech.

Depth is also important I imagine.
German U-boats have been salvaged but they probably not as deep as the Titan is now.

Money is also very important.
Having a billionaire (if he's actually a billionaire, at least a multi-millionaire) stuck inside changes everything.
It's not poor Russian sailors.

At that depth, they're not recovering remains.
At least not remains you're recognizing.
Water coming in, in the hundreds of miles an hour.

 

[actaeon277]

Don’t forget Play Station controller.

That part, blew my mind.
And other parts from tractor supply (I think it was)

 

[actaeon277]

 

[actaeon277]

Project Azorian - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You can find more about this from other sources

This project cost 800 million.. in 1974
Now costs 4.7 billion


It only recovered part of the sub. 1/3rd of it.
And some... 'remains'.


Granted, this sub is smaller.

 

[actaeon277]

Also the fact that it's a civilian submarine not carrying nukes I imagine.

And not a top secret military sub ... like the Russian Kursk.

The Russians refused any international help at the time.
Here you have several countries all working together and bringing their best tech.

Depth is also important I imagine.
German U-boats have been salvaged but they probably not as deep as the Titan is now.

Money is also very important.
Having a billionaire (if he's actually a billionaire, at least a multi-millionaire) stuck inside changes everything.
It's not poor Russian sailors.

In the end, the Kursk retrieval was trivial. it wasn't too deep.

Also, while the Russian response sucked, and we can go into deep discussion on that if you want, but in the end.. it didn't matter. The last survivors died before the Russians could have got to them.

 

[littletommy]

Wow! Apparently Josh Gates, from the tv show expedition unknown, decided the vessel was too sketchy!

Missing Titanic sub 'did not perform well,' says veteran explorer who nixed documentary over safety concerns

High-profile explorer Josh Gates says he turned down a chance to visit the Titanic on the now-missing OceanGate Titan sub due to serious safety concerns.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Peacekeeper3073]

Wow! Apparently Josh Gates, from the tv show expedition unknown, decided the vessel was too sketchy!

Missing Titanic sub 'did not perform well,' says veteran explorer who nixed documentary over safety concerns

High-profile explorer Josh Gates says he turned down a chance to visit the Titanic on the now-missing OceanGate Titan sub due to serious safety concerns.

www.foxnews.com

Gates will go about anywhere. If he wouldn’t go down to the Titanic in that thing it must have been bad.

 

[tbhausen]

I hope they find them alive but the odds are against it. This goes from a rescue operation to recovery very soon. Say they do locate the crushed or otherwise compromised sub. Do they bring it up to investigate or just drop a wreath? Serious question. What does that kind of pressure do to the human body?

There would be body parts. We’re composed of plenty of incompressible liquids. Some air space, but mostly solids and liquids (and yes, some gases).

Edit: unless it violently imploded.

 

[Cameramonkey]

That part, blew my mind.
And other parts from tractor supply (I think it was)

This is VERY common. As long as they had backup controllers, this is a total non issue.

 

[actaeon277]

This is VERY common. As long as they had backup controllers, this is a total non issue.