Titanic tourist sub goes missing in Atlantic Ocean, June 2023 #2

[CrimeDawg123]

The pointy part

It'd be pretty hard to confuse that with anything else.

 

[Lyall0814]

I know what the landing frame was, but does anyone know what the rear cover was on the Titan? I can't picture it.

Titan submersible updates as it happened: Search boss becomes emotional as he recounts moment 'rescue mission turned to recovery'

The leader of the search team which found the wreckage of the Titan gave a new update on the doomed rescue operation. The vessel imploded while making a journey to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board. Recap what happened in the latest news conference below.

news.sky.com

The part with Oceangate Titan written on it

 

[JerseyGirl]

Sky News is live on YouTube:

Watch live: BREAKING NEWS 'Debris field' discovered in search area near Titanic, US Coast Guard says

A debris field has been discovered within the search area by a remotely operated underwater vehicle near the Titanic, the US Coast Guard has said."Experts wi...

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[lonetraveler]

Pasting from the Sky quotes:

“Mr Mearns says: "Again this is an unconventional submarine, that rear cover is the pointy end of it and the landing frame is the little frame that it seems to sit on."”

I have a feeling that the landing frame and the rear cover might be titanium. Just a guess on my part. It could explain why they were still intact somewhat. JMO

 

[LAhiker]

While I'm sorry for all on board and their family and friends, my heart especially bleeds for that 19 year old kid </3 My son mentioned that this sub also had individual air tanks for each passenger stowed on board. Are those in addition to the 96 hours of air that's been quoted? Anyone know how long those would provide air?

If the vessel were intact, possibly those tanks would help. But if the debris field is from the submersible, it sounds like it is no longer intact. At the depth it was last heard from, if the hull imploded or was otherwise breached, everything and everyone aboard would have been crushed by the extreme water pressure.

JMO

 

[cuffem]

I am sure no one is going to treat the debris field of Titan like the company that collected from the Titanic. Think about that for a minute.

 

[wary]

3pm EST is not 3 hrs from now. Your post was at 8am PST (since that's where I am). I'm 3 hrs before EST which would have made it 11am EST when you made your post.

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It’s 10:30 Pacific Time, now—so if the press conference starts on time, it’ll still be starting in an hour and a half—noon Pacific, 3:00 pm Eastern. (Assuming Daylight Saving Time, of course.)

However, people seem to be leaking details of the ‘debris field,’ already. If those details are true, our main question has been answered, I think.

 

[MsMarple]

I’m not the person you’re replying to, but here’s some info:

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/titan-trip-was-suicide-mission-says-explorer/news-story/f4973cf59fcea37a34f26ac36052e9d0

(Over on Reddit I’ve seen lots of discussion of, and pictures of, how shoddy the whole setup was, including a lot of parts from basic consumer electronics kind of thrown together.)

I’m not the person either but here’s the quote:

Shortly before his dive, Loibl said that the bracket of a stabilizing tube broke off the vessel and had to be reattached with zip ties.
Journey on missing Titan sub 'a suicide mission': former passenger
Along with the nerve-wracking delay, the bracket of the stabilization tube – which balances the sub – tore and had to be "reattached with zip ties," he said.

Previous passenger on Titanic tourist submarine describes safety concerns, complaints: 'Hell down there' | Fox News

Arthur Loibl said it 'must be hell down there' for the missing passengers onboard the small sub

www.foxnews.com

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

The Titanic brought them together, and a tiny vessel could doom them

Five men with the resources to chase after deep-sea adventure came together to see the remnants of one of history’s great disasters. They are now at the center of a frantic search-and-rescue operation.

www.nbcnews.com

It was early 2019, and aerospace engineer Stockton Rush was racing against the clock. The wreckage of the Titanic was slowly decaying — ravaged by metal-eating bacteria, researchers found — and Rush felt there was suddenly a “pressing need to document the world’s most famous shipwreck, combined with a huge demand of people who wanted to go see it.”

“It made perfect sense,” Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions, told the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. “We just had to make the submersible to get there.”

The carbon-fiber submersible his team built, known as the Titan, differentiated itself from similar vessels in part because it had room for at least four “affluent travelers,” including an expert. “If you’re going to take somebody to go see the Titanic,” he said, “it’s going to be the most life-changing experience for them. They won’t want to do it alone.”...

 

[MollyHarps]

RIP to all of them.

I’m glad it seems it was over fast

 

[CoverMeCagney]

This is interesting, some of the relics salvaged from the Titanic. But I think its time to leave her alone now.

25 Heartbreaking Titanic Artifacts — And The Powerful Stories They Tell

From pieces of the ship to items recovered from the wreckage, these artifacts reveal the true scope of the tragedy.

allthatsinteresting.com

 

[bestill]

Whatever has been discovered must be indicative of it being the Titan, if not I believe the Coastguard wouldn't be so direct in what they have released and planning a presser at 3:00 today.

This is sad to watch this man speaking about his friends that are now gone:

 

[bbgg]

What are the chances that the hull would still be viable without the landing gear and rear cover?

MOO

 

[RaspberryMama]

I am not a scientist and a lot of what's being discussed is over my head, but I keep wondering what kind of reaction from the possible implosion would have happened on the surface? The mother ship was receiving pings every 15 minutes. Assuming these stopped due to an implosion, not necessarily a drifting off course, wouldn't the mother ship have noticed... *something*?

My understanding is they had a very simple acoustic-based communication system... It was compared to two cups and a string in one interview. A ping may not have come through when expected, but wouldn't the implosion itself have caused enough strong vibrations that it would've been obvious something unexpected had happened?

 

[arielilane]

.@SkyNews reporting parts of submersible found. "A rescue expert says the debris found in the search for Titan was "a landing frame and a rear cover from the submersible".

https://twitter.com/x/status/1671929657107660816

https://twitter.com/WFLAJosh

 

[MassGuy]

Titanic Five died instantly when craft had 'catastrophic implosion'

The search for the Titan, a 21ft submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, drew to a close when a remote sub found debris on the ocean floor.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[dotr]

Those on board the missing sub clockwise from top left: Hamish Harding, Stockton Rush, Shahzada and Sulaiman Dawood and Paul-Henry Nargeolet (
Image:
Dirty Dozen Productions/OceanGat)

Titanic submarine search debris 'confirmed' to be from missing OceanGate sub

The debris field found by the US Coast Guard is from the missing Titanic submersible Titan, a friend and expert has said - David Mearns said he received a message from someone 'connected' to the search

www.mirror.co.uk

"There is of course a large debris field around the Titanic - and the various things we've seen retrieved from the Titanic have come from the debris field. It covers several hectares.

"But I think if this was Titanic debris, the Coast Guard would have made a distinction in the announcement. I think on balance this is probably grim news and suggests the Titan might have imploded under the immense pressure of the seawater while it was on its way down."

Finding debris raises the question of if the vessel was intact from the moment the search began.''

 

[MassGuy]

Daily Mail is calling this the “worst case scenario.” I actually think it’s the best. Quick.

 

[Puzzles8]

At 2:00 pm EST CNN is interviewing Mark Martin, a retired US Navy Submariner. I think very highly of him.
Hoping to hear today's developments summarized.

JMO

 

[Gardenista]

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