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Titan sub: crew have died after catastrophic loss of pressure chamber, US Coast Guard confirms (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 years ago by i_am_hungry@meganice.online to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] snrkl@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

For those wondering about James Cameron's comments, I'd thoroughly recommend watching the Deep Sea Challenger documentary. It is enthralling. I have a friend who actually worked on the sub and went on the expedition with Cameron. In his words: "to underestimate the safety requirements is, put simply, to die."

[–] zombiepete@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Better that than suffocating to death slowly on the bottom of the ocean. Sympathy for their families.

[–] fades@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Hypoxia is way better than drowning

[–] Recant@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well the fact that they are saying it was a catastrophic implosion leads to the thought that it was crushed in a very short amount of time maybe even a few seconds so I doubt they had time to drown.

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[–] AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna90336

good thing we put so much effort into saving a billionaire with a deathwish while we let all these poor people die. Good thing so many peasants were more interested in a billionaire's life than our brothers and sisters the billionaires oppress and exploit out of proud, insatiable, sociopathic greed.

[–] chunktoplane@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing the link. Fewer deaths is definitely less tragic than more deaths, but less tragedy makes it easier to talk about - it's not a judgement.

[–] Jeze3D@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Watching shows like Succession really gives you a proper picture of how people like this view the world. It's disgusting.

[–] Spitfire@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago

This is incredibly sad but at least it was a quick death.

[–] OPHanma@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hmm I wonder what were the tapping sounds that were detected by sonar in 30min intervals then. So sad.

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[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Better that than them surviving all that time slowly dying on the seabed.

[–] Death2lois@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

If it were me or one of my loved ones, aside from rescue, this may be the best outcome.

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