A ‘debris field’ has been found near the wreck of the Titanic in the search for the missing tourist submersive, Titan, the US Coast Guard has announced.A rem...
Everything we’ve learned further about the sub has been not great. The windows had been said to not be able to withstand half the depths it was meant to go to; the sub survived test dives to depth but came back up with damage; and the company fired off the staff member who suggested the design was unsafe and didnt want to approve anything until they could get further tested. Im not an expert on submarines or diving, but all the news Ive heard about this thing seems to suggest it didnt get lost or lose control or anything it just imploded.
I understand why it’s better to air on the side of optimism and send out search teams because you never know and being trapped under water slowly running out of air is a horrible way to go. It’s been a bit morbid to hear the news though day by day of people searching as more and more news comes out explaining why the sub was a death trap and how much warning was given to the company leading to this.
I do hope that the company and people behind this are held fully liable by the law. People are dead because some dipshits decided they’d try and make some cash disrupting the sub industry.
Well, the CEO of the company, who was the one really pushing hard on the “regulations stifle innovation” mantra, is among the dead. So he ended up paying more than the law would have made him.
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Everything we’ve learned further about the sub has been not great. The windows had been said to not be able to withstand half the depths it was meant to go to; the sub survived test dives to depth but came back up with damage; and the company fired off the staff member who suggested the design was unsafe and didnt want to approve anything until they could get further tested. Im not an expert on submarines or diving, but all the news Ive heard about this thing seems to suggest it didnt get lost or lose control or anything it just imploded.
I understand why it’s better to air on the side of optimism and send out search teams because you never know and being trapped under water slowly running out of air is a horrible way to go. It’s been a bit morbid to hear the news though day by day of people searching as more and more news comes out explaining why the sub was a death trap and how much warning was given to the company leading to this.
I do hope that the company and people behind this are held fully liable by the law. People are dead because some dipshits decided they’d try and make some cash disrupting the sub industry.
Well, the CEO of the company, who was the one really pushing hard on the “regulations stifle innovation” mantra, is among the dead. So he ended up paying more than the law would have made him.
err on the side of optimism
Water on the side of optimism