New evidence strongly suggests that OceanGate’s submersible, which imploded and killed all passengers on its way to the Titanic wreck, was unfit for the journey. The CEO, Stockton Rush, bought discounted carbon fiber past its shelf life from Boeing, which experts say is a terrible choice for a deep-sea vessel. This likely played a role in the submersible’s tragic demise.

  • 6h0st_in_the_machin3@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Actually, money could have been saved… here’s why:

    1. The US Navy’s submarine detection network heard a “boom” on the day of the implosion, which they kept close to their chests…
    2. Sounded the alarm, they spent money and resources looking for something they were almost sure was lost…
    3. After the expiration of time when the submarine “could be recoverable” was when they said “well… we did heard something the other day”…

    Imagine the other possible scenario where the say on the first day “Hey, the sub imploded, we heard it on our underwater microphones, we won’t spend money looking for these people…”
    And then a future investigation reveals that they got stuck somewhere or lost power but were “buoyant” for 48 hours or so, and died for lack of oxygen when no one was looking for them.

    Can you imagine the lawsuits?

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      Easier way to say it is that there was just no way to be sure what that boom was.

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      You are too far along in the chain of causalities. The tax payer money was wasted the moment they went under water with an unfit “sub”. The search was only necessary because of that.