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For those who are unaware: A couple billionaires, a pilot, and one of the billionaires' son are currently stuck inside an extremely tiny sub a couple thousand meters under the sea (inside of the sub with the guys above).

They were supposed to dive down to the titanic, but lost connection about halfway down. They've been missing for the past 48 hours, and have 2 days until the oxygen in the sub runs out. Do you think they'll make it?

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[–] zepheriths@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Wishing death on people is a very garbage take

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[–] jugalator@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From what I've heard by experts, no. That chance is now extremely slim. Basically they then need to be found on the water surface. It's a complex logistical challenge to lift a submersible at these incredible depth. I think certainly not done over a day or two even working around the clock.

And what's worse now is they've apparently heard banging noises which indicates they are submerged. :-(

[–] SoPunny@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I think they are gone. Safety regulations are a thing for a reason.

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[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago

Hard to tell, it's all about luck at this point. Latest news are

"Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area," the U.S. Coast Guard tweeted early Wednesday morning. "As a result, ROV operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises. Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue."

The data from the P-3 has been shared with U.S. Navy experts for further analysis, the Coast Guard added.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/missing-titanic-tourist-submersible/uscg-canadian-aircraft-detected-underwater-noises-but-search-yielded-negative-results-100264346?id=100224153

[–] Noedel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It really depends on how they went. Sudden implosion of the hull, quick and easy.

Floating around for days until your air runs out, wondering if someone will find you... Not so much.

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[–] malloc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Probably not. Pretty shitty way to go out to be honest.

[–] randomaccess2112@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I told my wife last night that I was glad to be broke for once in my life, lol

[–] nightscout@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't care how much money I had, there's no fucking way I would have gotten on that thing or done anything that involved going down into the ocean at that depth.

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[–] TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Folks, the Titan submersible is a capsule that travelers are sealed into ** from the outside.** The passengers could be adrift on the surface, the air could run out, and they could theoretically suffocate on the surface. It's locked with bolts from the outside. Yeah, the 96 hours of oxygen could be stretched if the passengers conserved their oxygen. That is, if they are not a part of the debris field that was located near the Titanic. Each passing minute now is increasingly likely to change this from rescue to recovery.

Calling it Titan and having it going to the Titanic is quite a coincidence, especially as both seem to be ending tragically. Calling the Company OceanGate (with the -gate suffix being tied to scandals like Gamergate, Contragate, Pizzagate, Partygate, Chinagate, Deflategate, Watergate, etc.) is quite a coincidence too. That little conspiracy theorist inside my head wonders if they aren't somehow related, like a group suicide pack wanting to be remembered for being brave or something. It's probably just two weird coincidences, but boy howdy is this weird.

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[–] BendyLemmy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Strange question... did you post it in 'no stupid questions' for a specific reason?

  • If they're found in time, they'll be rescued.

  • If not, and they don't surface, they won't.

  • It's been stated that there's a very high chance that they won't be found.

  • It's also been stated that they had drop-weights, so it seems they didn't drop those, or they got trapped - which means they'd be much harder to find as they aren't out in the open.

  • There's also a good chance they imploded already - which is an alternative explanation for them failing to drop weights and start to surface.

  • When will the movie come out?

Titanic 2

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[–] Double_A@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No. Chances are high that that submarine just imploded in a millisecond and they just instantly died. Why else would it stop sending pings and completely dissappear otherwise?

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[–] Licensed_to_ill@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sadly, I think they are screwed, they either imploded, they are trapped and dying/dead somewhere with no means of rescue, or possibly surfaced with no comms and stranded somewhere. They ded.

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[–] bobsuruncle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They are lost. Even if they found them alive, they can't transfer them off the vehicle. they are even bolted in. the shell is made from 5 inch thick spun titanium carbon fiber with a bonded ring and a metal cap on each end. the pressure vessel most probably shattered then everything got squished.

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[–] FiskFisk33@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A swedish submarine officer put it bluntly in an interview today, and i paraphrase: "most likely it developed a crack and instantly decompressed like a crushed soda can"

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[–] Chessmasterrex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The submersible was suppose to automatically lose it's ballast and surface on it's own in an emergency situation, and that didn't happen. A reasonable explanation for this is that it imploded.

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