mosssideblue
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The Titanic
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Grassland Blue
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That poor lad (19yo) is the one I feel sorry for.There's absolutely no need for tourism at that kind of depth.
So the regulation should be abolition for commercial enterprises.
Go explore wrecks at safer depths in safe seas and safer tech and stop waving your high net worth micro penises about.
He was worried and afraid and only went down in it to please his father because the trip was centred around fathers' day.
Lavinda Past
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Bloody hell... I'd just got my popcorn out for a long afternoon.I can see the fishing rod you are holding. :-)
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They'd had enough of experts, mate.I can't for the life of me understand why you would ignore safety advice when undertaking something so dangerous. What the fuck did they think would happen?
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Well something definitely wasn't "safe"They said that regarding the pressure hull, no corners for safety were cut and I believe that.
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Fucking experts with their fucking expert advice, expert cunts the lot of themThey'd had enough of experts, mate.
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I'd be the lad on the outside with deep sea scuba gear on holding a hammer and chisel.all human life valued equally?
Imagine a sub with Putin, Trump, Thatcher, Boris, HRHarry and Braverman on board...
I sense the sympathy would have been somewhat diluted.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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They said that regarding the pressure hull, no corners for safety were cut and I believe that.
Serious question. By “they”, do you mean a body independent of OceanGate itself?
SkyBlueFlux
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They said that regarding the pressure hull, no corners for safety were cut and I believe that.
Of course they would say that, but it is at odds with the letter signed by numerous technical engineers, which states quite clearly they didn't undergo a proper independently verified prototype testing program as advised by regulatory bodies. That is by definition cutting corners.
No element of a novel or experimental vehicle can be considered safe until it has been through a rigorous testing program, because until that is done, its safety and efficacy is entirely theoretical.
They can state that they built something which they felt in good faith was sufficient for the depth required. The fact is, they never proved it and that is almost certainly why it is now lying 6,000m deep in the ocean.
mosssideblue
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My suspicion would be that they failed to conduct xray or other forms of testing of the pressure hull following each dive and that cyclic stresses were weakening the structure. Basically, relying upon previous dive successes as confirming the design.Well something definitely wasn't "safe"