Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way

[triplets_93]

Who's onboard the Titan submersible ? ?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65955554

British adventurer Hamish Harding 58, chairman of aircraft firm Action Aviation, is a renowned explorer who has flown to space and holds three Guinness World Records.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the Dawood family in Pakistan said: "Our son Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman, had embarked on a journey to visit the remnants of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean.

"As of now, contact has been lost with their submersible craft and there is limited information available."

French explorer Paul-Henry Nargeolet is also thought to be on board, according to a Facebook post by Mr Harding before the dive started

Stockton Rush, chief executive of OceanGate, is also widely reported to be on the vessel.

 

[triplets_93]

Well, now I have a new nightmare. Why would you make it impossible to escape??? I realize they don't want people panicking and killing everyone while they're underwater, but they should have some type of system the pilot can access, possibly with a keypad.

I just wish that the Titan crew onboard could hit the side of the sub with a hammer to help the Search & Rescue team find them.

 

[triplets_93]

What we know about the missing Titanic tourist submersible

https://www.france24.com/en/america...about-the-missing-titanic-tourist-submersible

 

[gtb1943]

Here's my guess about what's going on. They are fine. There's a billionaire aboard, and the more attention this gets, the more people will want to go on this trip, once they are "rescued." Billionaire wants to invest in the business. This is his way of promoting it .

We shall see.

Kinda looks like that guess was wrong...

 

[LonnieElam]

Not for a million dollars…

The only silver lining if there was a catastrophic failure with the sub is they would have died instantly. The amount of pressure at that depth would have crushed them in a nanosecond.

Just what I was about to post. I think drowning is the absolute worse way to die, even worse than fire.

 

[Runwildboys]

Just what I was about to post. I think drowning is the absolute worse way to die, even worse than fire.

Buried alive is my worst fear. Buried alive underwater with other people just topped it.

 

[gtb1943]

The whole thing rubs me the wrong way. That wreck is a grave site. And they are making it a tourist attraction.

 

[Big_D]

The whole thing rubs me the wrong way. That wreck is a grave site. And they are making it a tourist attraction.

It's been pretty well documented people love a good wreck. This is just rubbernecking at a whole different depth. And I wouldn't call it a tourist attraction, rather rich people looking for their next thrill at the bottom of the ocean. Money and terrible decisions seem to go hand in hand.

 

[gtb1943]

It's been pretty well documented people love a good wreck. This is just rubbernecking at a whole different depth. And I wouldn't call it a tourist attraction, rather rich people looking for their next thrill at the bottom of the ocean. Money and terrible decisions seem to go hand in hand.

In the end it is a tourist attraction. Just really rich ones. And it is still wrong. You like looking at dead bodies or the remains of bodies? That is basically what is happening there.

 

[Big_D]

In the end it is a tourist attraction. Just really rich ones. And it is still wrong. You like looking at dead bodies or the remains of bodies? That is basically what is happening there.

You're seeing a boat wreck,. not human remains. You can say the same for all expeditions to see wrecks anywhere else in the world. It was pretty common long before the titanic went down.

 

[Runwildboys]

You're seeing a boat wreck,. not human remains. You can say the same for all expeditions to see wrecks anywhere else in the world. It was pretty common long before the titanic went down.

Exactly. It's history, not a 12 car pileup on I-95. Making a romance movie about it wasn't the best idea, IMO.

 

[Big_D]

Exactly. It's history, not a 12 car pileup on I-95. Making a romance movie about it wasn't the best idea, IMO.

It's like going to Chernobyl, Pompeii, Hiroshima, the site of the Hindenburg or ground zero. Traveling to the site of a horrific disaster even if it's at the bottom of the ocean. And in every one of those situations Hollywood could probably make a not so good romantic drama out of it!

 

[Roadtrip635]

In the end it is a tourist attraction. Just really rich ones. And it is still wrong. You like looking at dead bodies or the remains of bodies? That is basically what is happening there.

How about the Egyptian Pyramids, The Alamo, Little Bighorn, Graceland.........

 

[LonnieElam]

If I had that much money, and wanted to go deep into the ocean, it's the Mariana Trench or nothing. lol

 

[John813]

I have a feeling they died the moment people above the water lost track of it.

Would be terrible if they are still alive and run out of oxygen.

 

[Roadtrip635]

If I had that much money, and wanted to go deep into the ocean, it's the Mariana Trench or nothing. lol

One of the "tourists", Hamish Harding has already been to the Mariana Trench. This Titanic dive should have been a walk in the park, comparatively speaking.

On 5 March 2021, Harding and Victor Vescovo dived to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench, the Challenger Deep at a depth of 36,000 feet (11,000 m), in a two-man submarine, setting the records for greatest length covered and greatest time spent at full ocean depth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Harding

 

[Vtwin]

In the end it is a tourist attraction. Just really rich ones. And it is still wrong. You like looking at dead bodies or the remains of bodies? That is basically what is happening there.

In a way, all the attention this is getting is really the same thing.

Just rubber necking from the safety of the couch, for free.

 

[gtb1943]

To me, poking around where many people died tragically is wrong.

You don't like that, kiss my grits.

 

[LonnieElam]

One of the "tourists", Hamish Harding has already been to the Mariana Trench. This Titanic dive should have been a walk in the park, comparatively speaking.

On 5 March 2021, Harding and Victor Vescovo dived to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench, the Challenger Deep at a depth of 36,000 feet (11,000 m), in a two-man submarine, setting the records for greatest length covered and greatest time spent at full ocean depth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Harding

WOW. I can't even imagine what it'd be like that far down. It makes me wonder if they have yet to discover a part of the ocean even deeper than the MT. There could be whole, ancient cities down there we haven't discovered. Crazy stuff.

 

[LonnieElam]

The whole thing rubs me the wrong way. That wreck is a grave site. And they are making it a tourist attraction.

It's completely natural for humans to want to see these kind of things. It's a part of our survival instincts, and sends a message to the part of the brain that is responsible for our "fight or flight" response. I understand why it rubs you the wrong way, though. I'm just saying.