Missing Titanic Sub Faced Lawsuit over Depths It Could Safely Travel To

Re:Missing Titanic Sub Faced Lawsuit over Depths It Could Sa... by jvm___ on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @05:06PM (#36410619)

It's also the only planned trip for the company this year due to weather. So the sub has sat for a period of time before being put in use.

Do you think they do extensive trial runs first at the beginning of each season? Like send it to the bottom un-manned just to double check?

As my former boss liked to say "Things that aren't tested don't work."

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Re:Missing Titanic Sub Faced Lawsuit over Depths It Could Sa... by prmoustache on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:54AM (#36415677)

I think they can't even send it un-manned because it is not externally controllable. From what I understood in footage of a previous "mission", all is operated on board and there is nothing the ship crew can do appart from communicating (when it still works).

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Re:Missing Titanic Sub Faced Lawsuit over Depths It Could Sa... by salawat on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:49PM (#36426766)

...well... Then clearly they should have put more time into the control system to allow for remote control from a submerged audio relay?

We've got more than enough ways to rig up signalling networks that there is zero reason for any submersible to not be remotely tested to crush depth.

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