Tourist submersible missing on visit to Titanic

[Anonymous]

They were seeing the titanic ruins on a laptop screen so not even a great or worthy view of the vessel for all of this trauma, pain and anguish.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised at all of these comments from people horrified that someone would want to see the wreck of a ship where a thousand people died. Has no one been to the World Trade Center or visited the ruins of Pompeii or the Gettysburg battlefields? All different circumstances of course but its a pretty human thing to come to do this sort of thing and consider your own mortality.

Side note: I have a 7 year old who has a mild Titanic obsession (he will not be hearing about this recent news) and we have read far too many books and seen too many documentaries about the Titanic. Interest in the Titanic is a thing!

It seems to be a common childhood phase, both of mine went through it. Unfortunately the movie Titanic is too old for young kids who are really into the Titanic. Strange mismatch.

As an engineer, I think the Titanic is one of a series of tragic events that need to be told. The Lag Megantic is another one. The Shuttle Columbia and Challenger are some more examples. Regardless of the safety protocols you design into a system, they are only as good as the people operating them.

I forget the name of the ship but I am fascinated by the story of the luxury cruise liner that came within an in ch or two of capsizing and righted, and which served as the inspiration for the movie The Poseidon Adventure.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised at all of these comments from people horrified that someone would want to see the wreck of a ship where a thousand people died. Has no one been to the World Trade Center or visited the ruins of Pompeii or the Gettysburg battlefields? All different circumstances of course but its a pretty human thing to come to do this sort of thing and consider your own mortality.

Side note: I have a 7 year old who has a mild Titanic obsession (he will not be hearing about this recent news) and we have read far too many books and seen too many documentaries about the Titanic. Interest in the Titanic is a thing!

It seems to be a common childhood phase, both of mine went through it. Unfortunately the movie Titanic is too old for young kids who are really into the Titanic. Strange mismatch.

As an engineer, I think the Titanic is one of a series of tragic events that need to be told. The Lag Megantic is another one. The Shuttle Columbia and Challenger are some more examples. Regardless of the safety protocols you design into a system, they are only as good as the people operating them.

I forget the name of the ship but I am fascinated by the story of the luxury cruise liner that came within an in ch or two of capsizing and righted, and which served as the inspiration for the movie The Poseidon Adventure.

This is fascinating. I had no idea The Poseidon Adventure was based on a true story.

[Anonymous]

Ground control to Major Tom...

[Anonymous]

I clearly didn't get the risk-taking genes. This whole adventure is scary and appalling to me.

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I just can't get over how ramshackle this thing was. Even if inclined towards taking risks, I'd think you would want to see a HIGHLY technical, slick looking thing before you got into it to risk your life. Controlled by a video game controller? That didn't set off any red flags for these people?

Buying off the shelf is smart, the components are well understood, work, and are cost effective. Not ramshackle.

Deep sea, like space, is dangerous. It is high risk. I know of several people who have died scuba diving. But they loved doing it.

It is very weird to know “several” people who have died scuba diving. I’m skeptical.

are you a scuba diver? about 80 per year die from US/Canada alone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised at all of these comments from people horrified that someone would want to see the wreck of a ship where a thousand people died. Has no one been to the World Trade Center or visited the ruins of Pompeii or the Gettysburg battlefields? All different circumstances of course but its a pretty human thing to come to do this sort of thing and consider your own mortality.

Side note: I have a 7 year old who has a mild Titanic obsession (he will not be hearing about this recent news) and we have read far too many books and seen too many documentaries about the Titanic. Interest in the Titanic is a thing!

It seems to be a common childhood phase, both of mine went through it. Unfortunately the movie Titanic is too old for young kids who are really into the Titanic. Strange mismatch.

As an engineer, I think the Titanic is one of a series of tragic events that need to be told. The Lag Megantic is another one. The Shuttle Columbia and Challenger are some more examples. Regardless of the safety protocols you design into a system, they are only as good as the people operating them.

I forget the name of the ship but I am fascinated by the story of the luxury cruise liner that came within an in ch or two of capsizing and righted, and which served as the inspiration for the movie The Poseidon Adventure.

Here it is: 5 inches from the righting angle:

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/10/01/88567762.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

[Anonymous]

It was literally a three hour tour. A three hour tour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I clearly didn't get the risk-taking genes. This whole adventure is scary and appalling to me.

Agree. Insane thing to do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They were seeing the titanic ruins on a laptop screen so not even a great or worthy view of the vessel for all of this trauma, pain and anguish.

They were not viewing the wreckage on a laptop screen you moron!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lmao at the CEO being aboard. This is like the guy who bought the Segway company and died 9 months later when he rode one off a cliff.

Oh come on now, the Segway guy only managed to kill himself, he wasn't actively putting others in harms way (I think also he fell because he was trying to get out of someone's way).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They were seeing the titanic ruins on a laptop screen so not even a great or worthy view of the vessel for all of this trauma, pain and anguish.

They were not viewing the wreckage on a laptop screen you moron!

Yes, they basically were - a large computer type screen. The porthole is tiny and thick and not their primary means to view the wreckage.

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Anonymous wrote:Lmao at the CEO being aboard. This is like the guy who bought the Segway company and died 9 months later when he rode one off a cliff.

Oh come on now, the Segway guy only managed to kill himself, he wasn't actively putting others in harms way (I think also he fell because he was trying to get out of someone's way).

He backed up to let someone walking their dog pass by and accidentally fell down the cliff.

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Anonymous wrote:Lmao at the CEO being aboard. This is like the guy who bought the Segway company and died 9 months later when he rode one off a cliff.

Oh come on now, the Segway guy only managed to kill himself, he wasn't actively putting others in harms way (I think also he fell because he was trying to get out of someone's way).

He backed up to let someone walking their dog pass by and accidentally fell down the cliff.

[Anonymous]

"Nine feet wide and only 8 feet tall, the Titan leaves little room for its passengers, who sit on a subfloor inside the carbon-fiber tube. A photo in the Titan's specification sheet shows five passengers seated on the vessel's floor with limited room to move or stand.". It's a literal coffin. I cannot even imagine the mental torture happening right now to those on board. Knowing their likely impending death, happening slowly but almost surely...with no room to stand, or really even move. Essentially buried alive.

Sure they paid $250K per person to do this really dumb thing but at the end they are still human beings.