OT Rescue mission launched for Titanic submarine with five people aboard after it went missing.

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    Rescue mission launched for Titanic submarine with five people aboard after it went missing on voyage to see wreck of liner 12,500ft below Atlantic Ocean: Tourists pay $250k a ticket
    • The Boston Coastguard is trying to locate the Titan submersible
    • The Titanic wreckage sits in the ocean bed around 370 miles from Newfoundland
    • OceanGate Expeditions is one of the only companies that runs the tours
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ing-groups-Titanic-wreckage-goes-missing.html
     
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    And this is why I would never ever board one of these things for any reason, good luck finding that thing. Sad news for the people on board but yeah good luck.
     
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    Yeah, doesn't sound good.

    Should be able to float it unless it somehow lost structural integrity. And once it reached the surface they should be able to make contact.

    If it hasn't surfaced yet... That seems bad..
     
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    I'm claustrophobic so these stories really freak me out. I was offered submarine duty in the navy and told them no way...I hope they find these folks
     
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    Was reading that the sub can't navigate on its own, it has to receive text messages from the surface.
     
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    That's insane...
     
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    Talk about a design flaw. Geez
     
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    Hope they don’t have T-Mobile, my service sucks!
     
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    Am I to understand that they named a submarine "Titanic?"
     
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    Titan.
     
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    How does this sub not have an inflatable buoy that just inflates and brings the sub to the surface in case of an emergency?
     
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    Read the article, to save money they made this sub with "off-the-shelf parts."

    I guess Home Depot and Harbor Freight didn't have any damn inflatable buoys.
     
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    At $250k per ticket I guess you have to cut corners.... Imagine having to pay $260k per ticket to have a low tech proven system (a balloon) which would almost certainly save your life in every emergency short of instantaneous implosion...

    That extra $10k would just be too much of a cross to bear...
     
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    The name of the ship in The Wreck of the Titan by Morgan Robertson, a prophetic book that detailed a ship like the Titanic sinking, almost exactly how, where, and when it sank, written 14 years before the famous tragedy.
     
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