Titanic Tour Sub Missing. Remarks/Questions.

[OverMountain]

This is a tough situation. God be with them.

Scenario one could be that they are without steering or the ability to surface. Rescue may still be a possibility.

Scenario two is a catastrophic failure in which case they were deceased in very short order.

Troubling to consider either possibility.

 

[woodsroad]

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

A six hour tour, a six hour tour...

 

[woodsroad]

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[LOREN]

Picture I found on BBC website:

 

[Jbrewer2002]

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

Lmao. Literally watching that right now.

 

[georged]

Speaking of scary deep + machine + underwater situations, imagine being a submariner in WWII.

Weeks at a time at sea, for months on end, with the odds of survival sucky indeed.

How sucky?

On the German side, the casualty rate was 70 percent. (And half of the surviving 30% died in prison camps before the war ended.)

 

[ashdigger]

I ate at a Taco Bell and have white pants on, where my “adventurer” badge

 

[kcghost]

Personally, I consider this dumb and fool hardy but as committed member of the free market I don't see anything really wrong with it. You pay your money, and you take your chances.

 

[LOREN]

Speaking of scary deep + machine + underwater situations, imagine being a submariner in WWII.

Weeks at a time at sea, for months on end, with the odds of survival sucky indeed.

How sucky?

On the German side, the casualty rate was 70 percent. (And half of the surviving 30% died in prison camps before the war ended.)

Are there any statistics for submariners in WWI ?

 

[georged]

I ate at a Taco Bell and have white pants on, where my “adventurer” badge

I'm sure one of the mods would be happy to make this your avatar.

Wear it proudly.

Proudly, I say!

 

[georged]

Are there any statistics for submariners in WWI ?

The Germans lost about 50% of their subs.

The US lost only 3%. (US participation in WWI was only partial, and then only the final six months. The German navy was essentially finished by then.)

 

[olkofri]

Speaking of scary deep + machine + underwater situations, imagine being a submariner in WWII.

30 days of boredom. 30 seconds of sheer terror.

 

[brian64]

I ate at a Taco Bell and have white pants on, where my “adventurer” badge

You get an adventurer badge just for the white pants, even without Taco Hell.

 

[olkofri]

You get an adventurer badge just for the white pants, even without Taco Hell.

A.k.a. Toxic Hell: it ain't Mexican, and it ain't food.

 

[bullet08]

A.k.a. Toxic Hell: it ain't Mexican, and it ain't food.

But I like it!

 

[captpat]

As a submariner with nearly 28 years of service, I don't find the concept to be outlandish. However, the sea is a harsh mistress, caring only for one's competence as a mariner -- almost a perfect meritocracy. When things go wrong they usually do so quickly and irretrievably. To operate In such an environment the proper care, maintenance, and testing of safety systems has to be a prime concern. The redundancy of critical systems is important. Finally, adherence to established procedures even for the most mundane of activities must be a way of life. Even doing all of this bad things can and do happen. Falling short in any of these certainly ends in tragedy.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Picture I found on BBC website:

That looks like a giant Electrolux vacuum cleaner.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

That looks like a giant Electrolux vacuum cleaner.

Those things suck...

 

[sablebrush52]

The Germans lost about 50% of their subs.

The US lost only 3%. (US participation in WWI was only partial, and then only the final six months. The German navy was essentially finished by then.)

In this particular instance, I'd have to say, "Works for me."

 

[sham]

the submersible (which is tethered) falls for 2 hours in nearly total darkness.

If tethered... how lost?