The Titanic

[waspish]

So this sub has no beacon or anything If in trouble to pinpoint where it is?

 

[mosssideblue]

We'll see.
Anyone going on a dangerous adventure for kicks should not be surprised when or if things go wrong. Like those clowns climbing Everest or jumping out of planes for a buzz

You have no sympathy for persons who will face a slow, horrible and inevitable death, really, is that what you are saying?

 

[mosssideblue]

So this sub has no beacon or anything If in trouble to pinpoint where it is?

It has an auto comms beacon that sends a ping every 15 mins to let the authority know all are safe and things are working as should be. It is this signal loss that triggerred all this off

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

So this sub has no beacon or anything If in trouble to pinpoint where it is?

Sends pings every 15 minutes. They stopped after an hour and half.

 

[waspish]

Sends pings every 15 minutes. They stopped after an hour and half.

To stop like that means it’s gone forever

 

[stonerblue]

You have no sympathy for persons who will face a slow, horrible and inevitable death, really, is that what you are saying?

Pretty much yes. They decided to go to the bottom of the sea in a fancy bathtub, nobody made them.

 

[Northerndave]

There's also Ulster museum, Botanic gardens, city hall or Crumlin road jail

Crumin Road gaol is unfortunately closed since Covid as all the Guides left and we couldn't get into City Hall (but it does look impressive).

Saw the peace wall and the murals and the secterianism of the British / Irish flags fluttering above what looked like fairly depressing areas, but I wouldn't have got off the bus to explore. Queens College was nice though, but nothing to hold you there for more than 15-20 mins.

I don't class Giants Causeway as a Belfast attraction, like saying go to Manchester and visit the docks at Liverpool :)

We had a 2 day bus tour. never went back for the 2nd day.

Benefit is that I re-discovered Smithwicks Red Ale,truly a thing of beauty and the food was magnificent

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

To stop like that means it’s gone forever

Looks like it. Crazy there is no secondary system. I think the outfit running this have some serious questions to answer.

They could benon the surface and they would eventually wash up somewhere. Or they are on the bottom and would likely stay there.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

As of this morning when I read the info on Sky, they were hopeful it has surfaced and that the air search team would locate them.

They have air supply until tomorrow evening with the emergency 92 hours supply.

 

[blue moony]

Pretty much yes. They decided to go to the bottom of the sea in a fancy bathtub, nobody made them.

Wow

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Got no sympathy for them. It's the price sometimes paid for having an 'adventure'.

Tell that to the Shuttle Bus Chaos Thread.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Wow

It’s not that shocking really. As well as the utter hell they will be going through, at some point I’m sure they would have wondered what the fuck they were thinking to go in what looks like the most shitty sub out there, for that much money, to see a ship wreck.

The waiver says the word ‘death’ 3 times. The risk was there for them all to see. And for the guy who has took his teenage son, well he’s a bit stupid isn’t he.

 

[stonerblue]

Wow

I'm saving my 'sympathy' for the 'Migrant boat sinks off Greece' thread when somebody suitably upset by it starts one.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

I'm saving my 'sympathy' for the 'Migrant boat sinks off Greece' thread when somebody suitably upset by it starts one.

odd one isn't it - strange world we find ourselves in

 

[manclad]

"Voyage to the bottom of the sea" was never like this !!

 

[BlueHammer85]

Got no sympathy for them. It's the price sometimes paid for having an 'adventure'.

So you never get a plane anywhere ?

 

[Claytop]

So you never get a plane anywhere ?

Lets not pretend the two are even remotely comparable.

 

[deano ou812]

"Voyage to the bottom of the sea" was never like this !!

Get Thunderbird 4 into action..

 

[BlueHammer85]

Let’s not pretend the two are even remotely comparable.

Why not ? Because they paid a lot more than the average joe for an adventure?

Most taking planes for holidays are doing exactly the same and taking a risk with their lives

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Some interesting facts from those in the know on both the sub and how to find it on the Jeremy Vine radio show just now.
Some bloke who has done the trip in it explained that once they hit bottom they knew they were within 500metres of essentially a giant scrap yard and steel debris field, but they had no way of knowing how close or in which direction due to the pitch darkness there. He described it as just scrabbling around on the ocean floor for an hour and half looking for something.
Sounds fucking ludicrous, and predictably lethal.
If stuck on the seabed they are stuck waiting for a rescue that is virtually impossible. If they have popped up its a needle in a haystack and then it needs conditions to be such that someone can be physically able to undo the bolts that seal it.