Titanic Tour Sub Missing. Remarks/Questions.

[bullet08]

Ok. Titanic was cursed from the start. Three people were in the sub. It was an hour tour. The sub didn't return on time. It's considered missing at this point.

Few questions and remarks.

1. In case of an issue, the sub was supposed to surface automatically.
2. Three people in a tight spaces miles under the ocean is a terrible way to go.
3. Hope they return safely.
4. Didn't they have rescue beacons?
5. Were they made in China?

 

[mso489]

Doing high risk activities as tourism seems like a bad idea. At least an oceanographer has a pretty clear idea of what the risks are, in most cases, and may elect to do it or not depending on his assessment of the value of the research and the dependability of the engineering.

To take a submarine tour of the Titanic as a recreational excursion, considering both the expense and the risk, seems irresponsible. Now I'm blaming the victims, but that seems like the situation to me.

Even carnival rides fit this category. Those rides are moved around eight or ten or more times a year, completely dismantled and re-assembled. The crew has its good days and its bad days, good weather and bad, good ground and shifty ground to work with. Do you want to bet your life on that?

Miles underwater, multiply the risk by 100.

 

[sablebrush52]

Even carnival rides fit this category. Those rides are moved around eight or ten or more times a year, completely dismantled and re-assembled. The crew has its good days and its bad days, good weather and bad, good ground and shifty ground to work with. Do you want to bet your life on that?

Every time I get on a freeway I'm betting my life on the rest of you. How scary is that?

 

[mso489]

Yeah, driving is Russian roulette. It's an accident risk and the risk of being shot. It's the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis.

My wife calls me the safety officer.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

A one hour tour, a one hour tour . . .

 

[mortonbriar]

I agree Tom, that high risk tourism is just asking for trouble...it's only a matter of time before people get hurt. We had a horrible situation just off the coast here at White Island, tours used to go out to experience a volcanic environment, and then in 2019 an eruption killed 22 people. Tourism is hard to justify at that point...

 

[LOREN]

I didn’t know subs available for rides to the general public could go that deep. Are there pictures of that sub?

 

[captainsousie]

I had read it was a 6 hour tour...carry on.

 

[brian64]

Doing high risk activities as tourism seems like a bad idea.

I didn’t know subs available for rides to the general public could go that deep. Are there pictures of that sub?

Considering that it cost $250,000 per person to take this "tour" I don't think I'd call it general public tourism.

British adventurer Hamish Harding aboard missing Titanic submersible

Boston Coastguard carrying out rescue mission in Atlantic Ocean for OceanGate Expeditions tour group

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[georged]

Taking a risky ride in a leetle can that goes way down is conceptually no different than a risky ride in a leetle can that goes way up, and people have been doing that for 20+ years.

Space tourism | Companies, History, & Facts

Space tourism, recreational space travel, either on established government-owned vehicles such as the Russian Soyuz and the International Space Station (ISS) or on vehicles fielded by private companies. Space tourism has gained new prominence as more opportunities have become available.

www.britannica.com

 

[bullet08]

I don't know which is better. Ending up flat on a pavement, or running out of oxygen in a tin can. Both seem to be miserable ways to go.

 

[Davy]

A one hour tour, a one hour tour . . .

But no Gilligan's Island where they were, though. More like Davy Jones's Locker...

 

[Kobold]

I had no idea that they were doing submarine tours of the titanic. Doesn’t seem worth it to me.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Whatever has happened to them i'm sure their hearts will go on

 

[Merton]

I have been interested in Titanic since I read Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember" when I was in my early 20s. Since then I have read literally scores of books and read a lot of the "Encyclopedia Titanica" (a great website). I have a good deal of Titanic memorabilia including a small (very) piece of wood recovered by the Mackay-Bennet or another recovery ship immediately following the sinking. At a cocktail party a number of years ago I had a pointed discussion with Bob Ballard (we were both a bit lubricated) about his criticism of those who were intending to bring up artifacts from the site. Earlier that very day I attended a lecture in which he described retrieving items from an ancient shipwreck site. I pointed out the inconsistency and he was not amused.
In any event, I would love to go down to the wreck in one of the submersibles. The price, even if I could afford it, is not appropriate given the good it might do elsewhere. However, as I understand it, the submersible (which is tethered) falls for 2 hours in nearly total darkness. As it descends if the there is as much as pin size hole in the vessel the passengers are in very deep trouble and unlikely to survive.

I hope that this has a positive conclusion.

 

[warren]

A very ironic incident. Paying big money to step into a vessel to view the Titanic for which some of the passengers paid big money to sail on. The passengers of both expecting to complete the trips alive. Fascinatingly ironic.

 

[olkofri]

I don't know which is better. Ending up flat on a pavement, or running out of oxygen in a tin can. Both seem to be miserable ways to go.

Well, the latter gives you time to repent.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

I didn’t know subs available for rides to the general public could go that deep. Are there pictures of that sub?

$250,00 USD

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

$250K To See The Titanic As Deepsea Tourism Is Now A Thing

If you've got a quarter of a million dollars to spend you can hop in a submarine and check out the Titanic.

www.outkick.com

 

[mikethompson]

Having just finished  Sphere, there is no way I'm going to the bottom of the ocean with anyone for a long time.