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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by WillPostForFood on Thursday June 22, 2023 @12:24PM (#36434568)
It unexpectedly lost communications about 2 hours into its decent. That is a possible/probable point in time where something went wrong.
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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by jamiek88 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @03:18PM (#36437290)
It’s also the point where they pass the depth that the porthole was rated for.

They got lucky with that until they didn’t.

They even fired a guy for whistle blowing about the porthole.

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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by hef19898 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:28PM (#36438455)
Are you telling me, that the porthole of a DSV, intended to dive to the Titanic, was rated for the depth the Titanic is at? This whole operation is getting sketchier by the minute...
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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by jamiek88 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:41PM (#36438644)
If you mean wasn’t rated then yes.

It’s a shitshow from start to finish.

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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by inferiorhuman on Thursday June 22, 2023 @04:42PM (#36438666)
They didn't want to spend the money to build a portal rated to 4000m.
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Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible by inferiorhuman on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:52PM (#36442584)
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/20/a-whistleblower-raised-saf...

  The filing states that OceanGate refused to pay for the manufacturer to build
  a viewport that would meet the Titan’s intended depth of 4,000 meters. The
  Titanic lies about 3,800 meters below the surface.

  The filing also claims that hazardous flammable materials were being used
  within the submersible.
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