Tourist submersible missing on visit to Titanic

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I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

JFK Jr / Carolyn reference?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people picking on the fact that they were rich? I don’t understand how it’s relevant.

It’s wrong to pick on them though I do think it’s relevant. Bring rich gives people access to do some risky things that make them feel special: Private planes, trips into space, race cars, the depths of the sea…and they do a lot of these things without the knowledge or respect for the seriousness of the adventures.

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

The rich people are the reason this trip could take place, which was not just a sightseeing tour, it’s other purpose is to monitor the titanic site from a preservation and identification perspective.

BS. The wreck has been down there for over a century. What “preservation and identification” needs to be done now?

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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.

Here it is: 5 inches from the righting angle:

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

Paywall. What was the name of the ship?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

JFK Jr / Carolyn reference?

Or that fellow who crashed into an electrical tower last Thanksgiving and only escaped due to sheer dumb luck.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think it was attacked by orcas?

Omg!! Lol

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people picking on the fact that they were rich? I don’t understand how it’s relevant.

It’s wrong to pick on them though I do think it’s relevant. Bring rich gives people access to do some risky things that make them feel special: Private planes, trips into space, race cars, the depths of the sea…and they do a lot of these things without the knowledge or respect for the seriousness of the adventures.

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

The rich people are the reason this trip could take place, which was not just a sightseeing tour, it’s other purpose is to monitor the titanic site from a preservation and identification perspective.

BS. The wreck has been down there for over a century. What “preservation and identification” needs to be done now?

It's disintegrating. Soon it will be gone, by 2030 according to one estimate.

https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-shipwreck-disappearing-dive-reveals-2019-9

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people picking on the fact that they were rich? I don’t understand how it’s relevant.

It’s wrong to pick on them though I do think it’s relevant. Bring rich gives people access to do some risky things that make them feel special: Private planes, trips into space, race cars, the depths of the sea…and they do a lot of these things without the knowledge or respect for the seriousness of the adventures.

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

The rich people are the reason this trip could take place, which was not just a sightseeing tour, it’s other purpose is to monitor the titanic site from a preservation and identification perspective.

BS. The wreck has been down there for over a century. What “preservation and identification” needs to be done now?

It's disintegrating. Soon it will be gone, by 2030 according to one estimate.

https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-shipwreck-disappearing-dive-reveals-2019-9

Maybe people will stop going there to gawk then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people picking on the fact that they were rich? I don’t understand how it’s relevant.

It’s wrong to pick on them though I do think it’s relevant. Bring rich gives people access to do some risky things that make them feel special: Private planes, trips into space, race cars, the depths of the sea…and they do a lot of these things without the knowledge or respect for the seriousness of the adventures.

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

The rich people are the reason this trip could take place, which was not just a sightseeing tour, it’s other purpose is to monitor the titanic site from a preservation and identification perspective.

BS. The wreck has been down there for over a century. What “preservation and identification” needs to be done now?

Uh, have you ever visited a museum? Damn those preserved artifacts! Let them rot!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

JFK Jr / Carolyn reference?

Yes. He killed his wife because he was not trained to fly on instruments only and used poor judgment by leaving late knowing his limitations. Two things a professional pilot wouldn’t do. Planes aren’t toys but some rich people think they are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people picking on the fact that they were rich? I don’t understand how it’s relevant.

It’s wrong to pick on them though I do think it’s relevant. Bring rich gives people access to do some risky things that make them feel special: Private planes, trips into space, race cars, the depths of the sea…and they do a lot of these things without the knowledge or respect for the seriousness of the adventures.

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

The rich people are the reason this trip could take place, which was not just a sightseeing tour, it’s other purpose is to monitor the titanic site from a preservation and identification perspective.

BS. The wreck has been down there for over a century. What “preservation and identification” needs to be done now?

Uh, have you ever visited a museum? Damn those preserved artifacts! Let them rot!

Zero reason to send a manned sub other than ego.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you people picking on the fact that they were rich? I don’t understand how it’s relevant.

It’s wrong to pick on them though I do think it’s relevant. Bring rich gives people access to do some risky things that make them feel special: Private planes, trips into space, race cars, the depths of the sea…and they do a lot of these things without the knowledge or respect for the seriousness of the adventures.

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

The rich people are the reason this trip could take place, which was not just a sightseeing tour, it’s other purpose is to monitor the titanic site from a preservation and identification perspective.

BS. The wreck has been down there for over a century. What “preservation and identification” needs to be done now?

Uh, have you ever visited a museum? Damn those preserved artifacts! Let them rot!

Are those museums 2.4 miles under the surface of the ocean?

[Anonymous]

I think people are focusing on the rich because of the massive resources being allocated to save them when not rich people die everyday in tragic circumstances where no one cares. I think it has more to do with the extreme nature—similar efforts were made for the Chilean miners and the Thai soccer team, both of which were poor. But it’s a weird human trait that we will hyper focus on people in these disasters but the day to day tragedies, we can’t wrap our head around.

I do like the PP that coined the rich people who seek out dangerous unique experiences as The Jurassic Park experience. Ironically, some of the dead on the Titanic also had the syndrome — they wanted to brag that they’d been on the biggest, fanciest ship. I think it’s one reason why people are fascinated by the titanic rather than the other ship that have sunk (like the Itata). Rich people in pretty clothes with famous works of art sank — it makes for a very nice looking movie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you people picking on the fact that they were rich? I don’t understand how it’s relevant.

It’s wrong to pick on them though I do think it’s relevant. Bring rich gives people access to do some risky things that make them feel special: Private planes, trips into space, race cars, the depths of the sea…and they do a lot of these things without the knowledge or respect for the seriousness of the adventures.

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

The rich people are the reason this trip could take place, which was not just a sightseeing tour, it’s other purpose is to monitor the titanic site from a preservation and identification perspective.

BS. The wreck has been down there for over a century. What “preservation and identification” needs to be done now?

It's disintegrating. Soon it will be gone, by 2030 according to one estimate.

https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-shipwreck-disappearing-dive-reveals-2019-9

So what? Why do people need to go down to the bottom of the ocean in a submarine? It can be documented with machines ie the ones seen in the titanic movie.

Additionally, it’s a shipwreck from 110 years ago. Why does it need be revisited at this point?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you people picking on the fact that they were rich? I don’t understand how it’s relevant.

It’s wrong to pick on them though I do think it’s relevant. Bring rich gives people access to do some risky things that make them feel special: Private planes, trips into space, race cars, the depths of the sea…and they do a lot of these things without the knowledge or respect for the seriousness of the adventures.

I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane and I would never think I could fly myself to my cousins wedding at night. Because I understand the training needed and how important is. Their confidence and money sometimes kill them.

The rich people are the reason this trip could take place, which was not just a sightseeing tour, it’s other purpose is to monitor the titanic site from a preservation and identification perspective.

BS. The wreck has been down there for over a century. What “preservation and identification” needs to be done now?

It's disintegrating. Soon it will be gone, by 2030 according to one estimate.

https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-shipwreck-disappearing-dive-reveals-2019-9

So what? Why do people need to go down to the bottom of the ocean in a submarine? It can be documented with machines ie the ones seen in the titanic movie.

Additionally, it’s a shipwreck from 110 years ago. Why does it need be revisited at this point?

This. And on top of it on a completely sealed sub. Beyond crazy.

[Anonymous]

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I’m married to a not rich pilot. I can tell you I would never fly in a private plane

Hey there hypocrite. You're not rich pilot spouse first learned to fly and took his first solo in a private plane.

What is this, the shit on anyone who makes more than $75k a year thread? Why the aggression toward her?

she said she would never fly in a private plane which her spouse had to learn to fly in/

Who was putting her down?