The Titanic

[fathellensbellend]

Have Man Utd offered them free tickets yet, never normally miss an opportunity

 

[its a Barm]

The guy on TV this morning who has been down in this sub and saw fuck all chance you take said it has a built in system that after 8 hours it automatically comes up to the surface along with other systems that can raise it.
Personally I think it's in bits at the bottom.

 

[johnnytapia]

I have visions of them pulling out the sub, popping open the door and a 137 year old bloke staggering out, “did I hit that iceberg?”

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Have Man Utd offered them free tickets yet, never normally miss an opportunity

The Chilean miners! That was another of these type of things that caught the attention.

 

[johnnytapia]

Time and place for gallows humour, this isn't one in my book.

That’s exactly what my beloved grandad (God bless his soul) said when he he suffered catastrophic, life-changing injuries on the very day Auschwitz was liberated (falling out of the machine-gun turret).

 

[johnnytapia]

If they can locate them, then I think there is a chance. There are more ROVs that work effectively at that depth than submarines.

Why didn’t they make a submarine-sized ROV and go down in that? Job’s a good’un.

 

[johnnytapia]

They've got to hurry. Oxygen runs out at midday tomorrow, apparently. Really grim business. I can think of no worse way of dying.

Joan of Arc might demur.

 

[johnnytapia]

I think the downside is probably the 90 hours of being stuck in a small box with 4 people knowing you’re going to die.

Like Christmas Day at me nanna’s.

 

[johnnytapia]

Probably not quite 200, there'd be lots of exertion and hyperventilation involved, especially in cramped quarters like that.

Especially if someone knocks a crafty one out.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I have visions of them pulling out the sub, popping open the door and a 137 year old bloke staggering out, “has Wesley Sneijder signed for United yet?”

 

[johnnytapia]

I just have this image of a line flopping about in the water and maybe a small area it can attach to..is it magnetic ??..In truth I do feel very sad for the individuals and their families..an absolute hell on earth..there is a bit of me that thinks that certain individuals have perhaps achieved so much in their lives, make risky undertakings like these as a stimulation..it is like the freeclimbers,can barely watch it on TV..the bloke who came down from the edge of space and his line got tangled..ffuck me, have done most things in life but would never put my life or families life at risk.

The bloke who held the world record for being hit by lightning (4 times) shot himself.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

An area two times the size of Connecticut. That’s quite bloody large.

 

[mexico1970]

An area two times the size of Connecticut. That’s quite bloody large.

What is 2 x the area of Connecticut mate? Thought the sub was near the Titanic?

 

[jrb]

Breaking News.

We've just heard the size of the search area has expanded - and Capt. Frederick has likened it to twice the size of the US state of Conneticut.

He says officials and rescuers are having to factor in sea changes and currents.

"There is an enormous complexity of it being so far offshore," he adds.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

What is 2 x the area of Connecticut mate? Thought the sub was near the Titanic?

That’s the area they’re searching with a depth of 2.5 miles. Literally a needle in a haystack.

 

[Lavinda Past]

What is 2 x the area of Connecticut mate? Thought the sub was near the Titanic?

10,000 square miles of water. A larger area than the whole of Wales.

I don't see any chance of this ending well.

 

[mexico1970]

10,000 square miles of water. A larger area than the whole of Wales.

I don't see any chance of this ending well.

It appears so mate.

Part of me is hoping that they are making it look more difficult so when they eventually do save them it will look like an even more gargantuan effort.

 

[splinter]

Poor buggers

 

[chaddblue]

What if the sub didn't land on the sea bed on it's floor... it could have nose dived and landed vertically or upside down... if those poor people are still alive it's best not to try and imagine the hell they could be going through

 

[mackenzie]

10,000 square miles of water. A larger area than the whole of Wales.

I don't see any chance of this ending well.

Me neither. As someone else said, it took 70 odd years to find a massive vessel like the Titanic. I know technology is in a different world now, and I understand the submersible might have "popped" up somewhere but this whole landscape is enormous.