Musketeer Gripweed Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Who the f**k thinks it's a good idea to pay money to do that trip? Going up Blackpool Tower will do me thank you very much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 My heart will go on until the oxygen runs out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Can't see this story having a happy outcome. Sub is still missing, limited oxygen on board and even if they do locate it they need to fish the thing out. 5 folk crammed into a wee metal can. What a grim way to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 "The ultimate Titanic experience". 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Note to Alanis Morrisette: THIS one's actually ironic. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) Why can not they find it? Look for the big iceberg. It must be near that. Edited June 19, 2023 by Musketeer Gripweed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 46 minutes ago, Musketeer Gripweed said: Who the f**k thinks it's a good idea to pay money to do that trip? Rangers. They heard there were 20,000 leagues under the sea and thought they might win one of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, Musketeer Gripweed said: Why can not they find it? Look for the big iceberg. It must be near that. Still in Haa land from last night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratelli Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) Billionaires, even millionaires who still do force themselves to keep busy are for the watching imo. Running from the screaming inside of their heads. Imagine having enough money to f**k about the house all day, and not doing that. You'd never see Michael Carroll pissing about with some daft submarine at the bottom of the Atlantic. Edited June 19, 2023 by Fratelli 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Must be getting a bit farty on there by now. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 The wee window will be steaming up as well so they'll not even have the view. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 For £200k you'd hope they have Scrabble on board. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceanlineayr Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, Dan Steele said: The wee window will be steaming up as well so they'll not even have the view. Recreating a famous scene from the film could pass the time. In all seriousness incidents like this, Kursk and the Thresher to name a few means I'll gladly never set foot in a submarine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 If they paid that much to get brought down imagine how much they were offering the driver to get them back up to the surface. Before they all suffocated obvs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, jamamafegan said: Can't see this story having a happy outcome. Sub is still missing, limited oxygen on board and even if they do locate it they need to fish the thing out. 5 folk crammed into a wee metal can. What a grim way to go. It’s carbon fiber…and has 96 hours of oxygen. Lost contact Sunday, they have until sometime Thursday to fish then out…no word if it’s possible to connect an external oxygen supply to extend time if they find it late in the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 47 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Must be getting a bit farty on there by now. That was my first thought too. “Whooee, sorry folks that was me. Those green chilli breakfast burritos, huh?” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, jamamafegan said: Can't see this story having a happy outcome. Sub is still missing, limited oxygen on board and even if they do locate it they need to fish the thing out. 5 folk crammed into a wee metal can. What a grim way to go. 1 hour ago, Oceanlineayr said: In all seriousness incidents like this, Kursk and the Thresher to name a few means I'll gladly never set foot in a submarine. 34 minutes ago, TxRover said: It’s carbon fiber…and has 96 hours of oxygen. Lost contact Sunday, they have until sometime Thursday to fish then out…no word if it’s possible to connect an external oxygen supply to extend time if they find it late in the game. People assume they're stuck on the ocean bottom 3 miles down... if the issue was a leak or crack, sadly it may have imploded instantly, or on passing a certain pressure. Even if they are the area is seemingly 400 miles off Newfoundland and 900 miles from Massachusetts... take far too long to steam out with another deep sea sub. Even if you did, plus found them, what then... hitch a tow-rope? There have only been 5 successful submarine rescues in all of history - a British sub which sank in the Gareloch during WWI then got refloated; US sub shortly after WWI raised by cranes; USS Squalus just before WWII where all the men were got out by diving bells; a Canadian mini-sub in the Irish Sea in 1970s which was basically dragged back to the surface; and a Russian rescue mini-sub a few years after Kursk which was cut free of netting. Comparatively modest depths and weren't missing. Tbh surely their only chance is some malfunction led to them resurfacing then floating away without communications. Edited June 19, 2023 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 I love the water and boats but submarines are an absolute no go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 29 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: People assume they're stuck on the ocean bottom 3 miles down... if the issue was a leak or crack, sadly it may have imploded instantly, or on passing a certain pressure. Even if they are the area is seemingly 400 miles off Newfoundland and 900 miles from Massachusetts... take far too long to steam out with another deep sea sub. Even if you did, plus found them, what then... hitch a tow-rope? There have only been 5 successful submarine rescues in all of history - a British sub which sank in the Gareloch during WWI then got refloated; US sub shortly after WWI raised by cranes; USS Squalus just before WWII where all the men were got out by diving bells; a Canadian mini-sub in the Irish Sea in 1970s which was basically dragged back to the surface; and a Russian rescue mini-sub a few years after Kursk which was cut free of netting. Comparatively modest depths and weren't missing. Tbh surely their only chance is some malfunction led to them resurfacing then floating away without communications. Yea, there’s not a lot of good scenarios. The descent takes 2 hours and contact was lost 1 hour and 45 minutes into the dive. That puts then near or on the bottom. 1) Power/control issue…the sub has attached weights that can be jettisoned and it will surface as long as the hull is intact and not empty of air/filled with water. If the systems have failed, surely they have a manual EPIRB they could use after surfacing. 2) Leak…high pressure inflow would quickly overwhelm the reserve buoyancy and short out equipment. A small bubble of highly compressed air might remain, possibly allowing a short survival period. 3) Damage to hull…catastrophic failure and implosion. 4) Cascading failure of systems preventing jettison of weights and communications…possibly on the bottom. Very few rescue options as the Titan sub isn’t equipped with a standard hatch that a military rescue vessel could connect to…assuming a DSRV was available and could be dispatched in time.only option would be buoyancy bags or a line(s)…but how to get them there. The large number of planes and ships involved suggests they are hoping they lost power, ascended to the surface, and are floating about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Gazza seen boarding a ferry with a fishing rod. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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