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?

    • GONADS125@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There’s apparently banging in the area in 30 minute intervals. That’s hopeful.

      Getting them to the surface within the confines of their remaining oxygen limit is another story…

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          1 year ago

          They do, yeah, but not from the depth of the Titanic wreck. If they are truly at the bottom, there is only a small amount of machines that are capable of going that deep. This is all new territory for rescue teams.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve heard a lot about oxygen reserves and zero about whether they have enough water for 3+ days.

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      1 year ago

      i honestly don’t know if i can imagine a worse way to die than spending days trapped in a tiny tube in the middle of the fucking ocean with people i barely know, slowly suffocating suspended in a gigantic void. i hope they find those guys alive.

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        1 year ago

        Ever hear the story of Hisashi Ouchi? He died from radiation poisoning over the course of 83 days, before life support was finally unplugged and he was allowed to die. Until that point though, life support kept his body alive as it deteriorated and decayed.

        He was known as the most irradiated living man in history. A fascinating story, but not one for the faint of heart.