Tourist submersible missing on visit to Titanic

[Anonymous]

What are the typical communications for vessels of this type? It says they lost contact about 2 hours into the dive. That sounds like an event occurred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

This is some massive irony here, if they aren't rescued.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

This is some massive irony here, if they aren't rescued.

Why, I don't understand.

[Anonymous]

This type of tourism seems to me a more extreme version of those posters in the Travel forum that mock people for gojng to Iceland or Portugal as so basic and brag about their authentic vacations to obscure sites.

Competitive vacationing is dangerous. See also all the people that die trying to climb Mt Everest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

This is some massive irony here, if they aren't rescued.

Why, I don't understand.

This is almost the definition of irony. People die tragically at sea after having spent a quarter million to gawk at people who died tragically at sea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

Wtf?
You could buy someone a house in many parts of the country. Or buy 4+ people an affordable car. This is ridiculous, paying 250k to possibly die while touring a ship lots of people died on.

I was horrified to read the CEO saying some customers took out mortgages on their homes to pay for the trip.

Holy crap. Source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

This is some massive irony here, if they aren't rescued.

Why, I don't understand.

This is almost the definition of irony. People die tragically at sea after having spent a quarter million to gawk at people who died tragically at sea.

got it. I understand now, thanks

[Anonymous]

My husband just said that apparently something similar happened with the sub before, and all turned out ok. Not sure where he read that but he’s usually pretty current with his info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband just said that apparently something similar happened with the sub before, and all turned out ok. Not sure where he read that but he’s usually pretty current with his info.

Source sounds legit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re going to be lucky if they actually find this vehicle in the next 3-6 months, forget finding the people inside alive. They’re dead.

Does no one see the morbid irony in that they went to see the remains of those who died in a shipwreck, and now they will enjoy the same fate. Maybe one day someone will go down in a better sub to see the remains of their doomed sub. Ha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

Wtf?
You could buy someone a house in many parts of the country. Or buy 4+ people an affordable car. This is ridiculous, paying 250k to possibly die while touring a ship lots of people died on.

I was horrified to read the CEO saying some customers took out mortgages on their homes to pay for the trip.

Holy crap. Source?

Buried in the article.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/19/titanic-submersible-tourists-missing-atlantic-ocean/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine willingly getting on any submarine, let alone this tiny thing run by amateurs. It's sad for sure, and it will be amazing if they're found and still alive, but I wouldn't bet on that.

I agree, it is to say you did.

Sad.

People on vacation assume everything is well run, ESPECIALLY when it comes from a wealthy/westernized country.

Someone should have said, "What happens if there is a problem down there?"

"What is the plan to bring us back to the surface?"

[Anonymous]

Maybe it’s just me but it seems inappropriate to go gawk at a vessel that is a tomb for thousands of unfortunate souls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$250,000 per person.

This is some massive irony here, if they aren't rescued.

Expensive coffin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband just said that apparently something similar happened with the sub before, and all turned out ok. Not sure where he read that but he’s usually pretty current with his info.

Source sounds legit.

https://nypost.com/2023/06/19/titanic-tourist-sub-was-lost-for-a-few-hours-last-year-during-trip/amp/