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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by jonathankoren on Monday June 19, 2023 @05:18PM (#36396603)
Reminds me of the story of the first crewed submersible to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. During the descent there was a loud boom, like some something massive broke. After recovering from the shock, they decided to continue the dive, because if it was something important, they would have already been dead.
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by selimthegrim on Monday June 19, 2023 @05:20PM (#36396631)
Did they find out what it was?
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by civilitty on Monday June 19, 2023 @05:40PM (#36396816)
> At 30,000 ft. a sharp crack rang through the ship, shaking it violently. The water pressure outside was more than 6 tons per sqare inch., and even a slight fracture in the hull would have meant certain death. It proved to be only an outer Plexiglas windowpane which had splintered under the pressure. The inner hull remained watertight. "A pretty hairy, experience," admitted Walsh.

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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by bombcar on Monday June 19, 2023 @07:39PM (#36397828)
“If you hear a strange noise, remain calm. If it had been bad you would be dead before you heard it.”
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by jacquesm on Monday June 19, 2023 @08:00PM (#36398002)
Pretty gutsy to continue after that rather than to go back up and investigate what it was first.
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by sixQuarks on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @08:50AM (#36403249)
No kidding. I would have insisted on going back up, I admit I'm not cut out for adventure at this scale.
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by wnkrshm on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:45AM (#36402135)
Don Walsh has been on the Deep Sea Podcast a few times, I can recommend it for anyone interested.
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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by srvmshr on Monday June 19, 2023 @05:46PM (#36396874)
For the Trieste, the bang came from a crack in the plexiglass visor. It was reinforced to several inches of thickness.
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