Tourist(s) missing in submarine while trying to reach the Titannic

[Ming the Merciless]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/u-s-coa...-sub-1.6446841

A search and rescue operation is currently underway to locate a submarine that went missing during an expedition to the Titanic.
The U.S. Coast Guard was looking for the submarine Monday morning after it disappeared during the expedition from St. John's, N.L. The infamous 1912 wreck is located more than 600 kilometres southeast of the province in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The trip to the Titanic was being run by OceanGate Expeditions, a U.S.-based company. It uses a five-person submersible named Titan to reach the wreckage 3,800 metres below the surface. OceanGate's website advertises a seven-night voyage to the Titanic for US$250,000 per person, or approximately CA$330,000.
"We are exploring and mobilizing all options to bring the crew back safely," an OceanGate spokesperson said in an email to CTV News. "Our entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families."


Those tours are a series of five eight-day missions to the Titanic with the money raised by tourists going towards Titanic research. Posts on social media show the ship launched from the St. John's area last week.

Did they really have 5 people in this?? Or do they have a larger version??

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by Enid Borden

The entire window fitting was completely blown out. Was that also held in place by glue?

Interesting. Are there any pictures showing what's left of the carbon fiber center?

Whoever was on the crapper probably regrets tapping on the massive bidet button.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by FlaChief58

It was rated to 4000ft, not 12500ft. I'm shocked it didn't hold up

But it was cheaper and apparently that was a huge factor in it's design.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by tredadda

But it was cheaper and apparently that was a huge factor in it's design.

Innovation is always preferred over safety.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Honestly, that's a lot more intact than I was expecting.

Originally Posted by alpha_omega

By a mile.

Yeah this isnt what we were promised. I was told goo and itty bitty carbon fiber pieces.

If that thing is that much intact, im thinking all the theories about "dead in .00001 seconds" or whatever the **** is a bunch of bullshit.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Yeah this isnt what we were promised. I was told goo and itty bitty carbon fiber pieces.

If that thing is that much intact, im thinking all the theories about "dead in .00001 seconds" or whatever the **** is a bunch of bullshit.

None of the pics I've seen show the actual crew compartment, just the cap with the window

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by FlaChief58

None of the pics I've seen show the actual crew compartment, just the cap with the window

Even still. All of the discussion and images show the implosion to be incredibly violent. That's a lot of wholly intact components. Couldn't be too violent.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Even still. All of the discussion and images show the implosion to be incredibly violent. That's a lot of wholly intact components. Couldn't be too violent.

It probably just separated immediately and thus didn’t have the air pocket needed to collapse.

[Rain Man]

If that window cap is still more or less intact, that probably means that the failure was behind it and more or less popped it off, right?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Yeah this isnt what we were promised. I was told goo and itty bitty carbon fiber pieces.

If that thing is that much intact, im thinking all the theories about "dead in .00001 seconds" or whatever the **** is a bunch of bullshit.

I still bet there's a lot of goo. I bet some bones must have survived, or some hair.

[B_Ambuehl]

There’s a video somewhere of them making the sub but I can’t find it now. Those 2 titanium end caps were glued onto the carbon fiber hull with epoxy. Water probably got into that flange where the 2 metals meet and blew the entire thing apart. Death certainly wouldn’t be any slower. They probably found bone fragments

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by B_Ambuehl

There’s a video somewhere of them making the sub but I can’t find it now. Those 2 titanium end caps were glued onto the carbon fiber hull with epoxy. Water probably got into that flange where the 2 metals meet and blew the entire thing apart. Death certainly wouldn’t be any slower. They probably found bone fragments

there was a Mythbusters where they took a diving suit and put a pig in it or something like that, and took it down to a certain depth (a fraction of this depth I'm sure) before depressurizing it. The pig just splurted and the helmet filled with blood

[ReynardMuldrake]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Even still. All of the discussion and images show the implosion to be incredibly violent. That's a lot of wholly intact components. Couldn't be too violent.

To be fair, they were still descending when they lost contact. They were what, halfway down? It's clear now they never survived to reach the bottom. If they had, I think it would look a lot more violent.

[BEAVER]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I still bet there's a lot of goo. I bet some bones must have survived, or some hair.

Teeth. like chiclets fell out of the pack.

[B_Ambuehl]

Here's that video the titanium end caps being glued on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dka29FSZac&t=227s

Anyone familiar with that epoxy resin and how durable it is? I bet that's what failed. I read another expert saying if you get so much as a leak tiny enough to fit a human hair that would be enough to trigger a massive implosion at depth.

[ptlyon]

I still think somebody ripped a big fart and over pressurized the hull