np - i think implosion is like popping a balloon - you will see small pieces but also large chunks. i wasn't surprised by large pieces they found. Implosion is different than explosion (like a bomb damage). When it pops, all are dead at that moment. Some pieces stay big, some in pieces. |
I totally agree that explosions and implosions different. I truly didn’t expect any remains….and I didn’t expect they’d recover such large pieces of the sub. I certainly hope they died instantly, but I am not as sure now. More so, I fear that they may have known they were in serious trouble in the minutes before. Breaks my heart. |
I wasn't there but I SERIOUSLY doubt they knew what was about to happen. I will use my balloon example again. If you were sitting inside of a huge balloon and it pops, would you feel anything? The moment it pops, you are under 6000 psi (that's like 2000 cars on top of 1meter by 1 meter plate, and you are under that plate), you are dead immediately - big pieces, small pieces, whatever pieces. If you step on a spider, would spider feel any? |
I know my skull can't withstand the pressure differentials. It would collapse quite quickly. Yes, you might be able to find a femur. You win? |
No, no….I meant in the minutes before they may have heard sounds of the sub as it stressed against the water pressure. Or maybe there were audible warning signs that they were in trouble. It’s speculated that they were in ascent when they imploded. |
| A couple dense bone fragments doesn’t mean mean these moron rich people didn’t instantly vaporize themselves while creating an international spectacle in the process. |
Okay, again, we are all guessing here but... Under that much pressure, if any material failures occur, it will be very fast. It won't be like movies when they say "water is leaking, get the duct tape!!" If and any failure will have a very quick and violent consequences, again, due to the pressure. Now, did it have sensors that were designed to sense material fatigue/failures? It sure doesn't sound like it. I think CEO guy who had an engineering background was a terrible engineer. But I am happy to believe those folks didn't suffer at all. |
I hope you’re right. I suspect it did have some sort of warning sensor, though (since they were likely ascending before reaching the Titanic). Whether it was an audible type that the passengers heard will clearly remain a mystery. Anyway, that’s what I was referring to. |
Yeah, I understood you fine. From engineering standpoint (I am an engineer myself), sounds like the CEO ignored just about everything he needed to do. I feel bad for the passengers. The vessel had no business going down that deep and they probably didn't know. There is no way in hell I'd step in that. |
That's if the pressure change happens instantly. But their pressure was gradually increasing the deeper they went. The sub did have a sensor to detect audible sounds of cracking, which the operators seemed to have total confidence that it would provide them an early enough warning not to dive deeper. James Cameron seems like he has connections to OceanGate's inner circle who knew what was happening. I find it odd that the only communications they had with the Polar Prince were the pings at 15 minute intervals, and I think there are more that OceanGate isn't revealing, but hopefully we'll know after an investigation. |
There were absolutely no sensors on that sh!tsub. There weren’t even any controls other than a knock off xbox controller. It was a carbon fiber pill box reinforced with questionably epoxied titanium with a couple of propellers and a window rated for (((1,400))) feet. |
You're wrong about the sensors. They had, what they call, a Real Time hull health monitoring system. |
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DP. We've known for several days that they were ascending or working to slow their descent, and we can presume that is because they knew there was a problem. Others have mentioned popping/cracking noises on previous trips. From experience with carbon fiber in other uses, it is known to fail, sometimes spectacularly.
So I assume they knew, several minutes before the catastrophe. But that's not a long time to be afraid, and the implosion, when it happened, was quick. |
Which would never have worked with carbon fiber |
FWIW, this is what the CEO said earlier. That they didn't need a lot of fancy safety equipment because if something went wrong at the bottom of the ocean, they wouldn't need rescuing. He knew the risks. As did the experienced people on the craft. The tourists maybe didn't. |