For those who are unaware: A couple billionaires, a pilot, and one of the billionaires’ son are currently stuck inside an extremely tiny sub a couple thousand meters under the sea (inside of the sub with the guys above).

They were supposed to dive down to the titanic, but lost connection about halfway down. They’ve been missing for the past 48 hours, and have 2 days until the oxygen in the sub runs out. Do you think they’ll make it?

  • FiskFisk33@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    A swedish submarine officer put it bluntly in an interview today, and i paraphrase: “most likely it developed a crack and instantly decompressed like a crushed soda can”

  • ThisIsMyLemmyLogin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    The only outcome we can be sure of at this point is that the company responsible for this mess is going to have to answer a lot of questions.

    • MercuryUprising@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      The ceo is aboard the “sub,” so it might be one of the few times a ceo actually gets punished for being an asshole.

      • TurretCorruption@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I think there already is one. There was a guy working for that company who was fired for whistleblowing after the ceo ignored his safety concerns, and now that employee is going after the company for wrongful termination.

        That ceo knew it was dangerous but still decided to drag 4 other people to a watery grave

  • 1lya@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I think if someone wants to dive to the wreckage of the Titanic again, they should ask the Russians for the Mir bathyscaphe, which definitely works reliably.

  • Menthol@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    If you’re dumb enough to wedge yourself into a sardine can then you may as well sleep with the fishes

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Best thing they can do is for most of them to go to sleep and conserve oxygen. Good luck sleeping while afraid for your life though.

  • Noedel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    It really depends on how they went. Sudden implosion of the hull, quick and easy.

    Floating around for days until your air runs out, wondering if someone will find you… Not so much.

        • TheYang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          depends if they can get rid of the carbon dioxide.
          if there’s a constant low carbon dioxide atmosphere in the sub, they’ll suffocate peacefully, as humans can’t detect lack of oxygen, just too much carbon dioxide.

          That’s why you go moronic in a decompression in an airplane, body doesn’t get enough oxygen, but can get rid of the carbon dioxide, and you don’t notice you’re suffocating

  • Ben@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Strange question… did you post it in ‘no stupid questions’ for a specific reason?

    • If they’re found in time, they’ll be rescued.

    • If not, and they don’t surface, they won’t.

    • It’s been stated that there’s a very high chance that they won’t be found.

    • It’s also been stated that they had drop-weights, so it seems they didn’t drop those, or they got trapped - which means they’d be much harder to find as they aren’t out in the open.

    • There’s also a good chance they imploded already - which is an alternative explanation for them failing to drop weights and start to surface.

    • When will the movie come out?

    Titanic 2

  • joel_feila@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    unlikely. sub rescues are hardly successful. Their sub could have imploded, fast way to die. Had a power failure wich would takes days to die either from a lack of o2 or possibly the cold. Or it reached the surface and they got to look out at thet ocean until about noon their time tomorrow unable to open the hatch and slowly die from a lack of air.