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Anyone can sue anyone for anything, the question is how did the waiver hold up in litigation? VC had a tough run of injuries and deaths for a period, I'm sure its waiver was put to the test.
My take. I feel very sorry for 4 of them. Not for the 5th. It's one thing to decide to do something like this while knowing risks. I don't think the 4 knew all the added risks from the negligence of the 5th around the construction and operation of that thing. One might think that it having made trips down there before was proof of concept and validation of integrity. But that was a setup for failure due to the construction methods and materials which were weakened with each trip down there. 5000psi is a lot of pressure on a vessel. Especially an irregularly shaped one like that.
I was shocked to learn the the chamber was made of 5” thick carbon fiber. Carbon fiber is an amazing material. But it is better under tension than under compression. The problem is that under repeat cycles, the resin sustains growing Micro fractures. It happens under cycles of both tension and compression. But it is well know that performance is slightly worsening compression. Maybe ok for some time. But over time, it grows weaker.
I guess I'm more callous than you guys are. These aren't poor people without the ability to do due diligence before going to a depth they know damn well is unforgiving. They make financial decisions that made them very well off. Decisions that require understanding risks and benefits of their decisions and require due diligence. They put their blinders on to see the titanic and ignored every other warning sign possible.
There were warnings from several well respected companies and people to abandon what this company was doing. The manufacturer of the port window in the sub alone was certified to 1300 meters. They wouldn't certify it beyond that. The guy had parts from camper world screwed on the sub. He had sand bags and oilfield pipes used as the weights to drop in case they needed to gain buoyancy.
The hull was made of carbon fiber and titanium. The owner refused to do any cycle testing on the sub to determine how many times the sub could be subjected to the pressures of that depth. This was all very clear before this last run to the bottom.
The sub blew up on day one. 100%. There were two independent comms systems that both lost contact with the top side simultaneously and there was also an implosion noise picked up around the same time. Nobody suffered or saw it coming fortunately.
As far as the oxygen concerns, apparently they had a battery operated rebreather on board. Fewer people "alive" on board would not have extended the oxygen life. So simply killing off the other passengers wouldn't have bought them more time if they had made it past the 5th day.
This sub was one rig job after another rig job followed by gross negligence. The port window alone is enough to prove negligence.
Lastly, if anyone wants to know what their death was like, look up the Byford Dolphin accident. It wasn't painful for more than a few milliseconds. Here is a good link to what happens when humans are instantaneously subjected to the pressures of deep water.
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/byford-dolphin-acci…
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The waiver never absolved the owner of being sued.
It helped though because you signed up for this. If you got it wrong, good chance you're not going to win.
I witnessed more than I would like.
Man, the kid who crashed going up the hill was crazy. Sadly I can't remember his name, but someone's peg hooked his helmet after he fell. How do you fix that?
Hall killed himself getting something wrong on the top of the track.
He was out there alone. I don't condone riding alone. Maybe Hall lives if someone else was there.
The guy who shouldn't have been where he was haunts me. 20 feet from me.
I was first there, ugh. His children were there.
Bro your paragraph and the whole event sent me down a rabbit hole and frankly im never ever ever going scuba diving unless its in a pool thats less than 10ft deep lol.
The ocean is nothing to fuck with past 15ft deep imo lol
looks like they screwed the screen into the side
Deep water is a phobia of mine. Be zero chance I get in any sub.
Don't feel sorry. Bunch of idiots if you ask me.
Same here . I'd be claustrophobic sitting in that thing on the surface
Interesting article that speaks volumes of the world today.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/j…
"The jeers arising from this peanut gallery range from the lurid to the positively sadistic : “Actually, it’s funny when rich people die in a homemade submarine.”
Like dirt bikers?
One of the lads was only 19, he didn't deserve that. Horrible business all round.
Agreed . And apparently he really didn't want to go but did for his dad .
This whole thing is a pretty good example of how normal people in everyday life have no clue about how things work, and what goes in to making sure they dont fail.
The people that got on that sub will have flown thousands of times, without even a second thought for their safety, because they know that all the rules and regulations that are in place, mean that the chances of that happening, are really slim.
Now sadly , they have assumed that this mini-sub has the same level of 'background safety' which it quite clearly doesnt.
So this is why a guy like me, who makes sure you dont fall out of the sky, wont go on Carny rides, because there is zero expectation of any kind of real safety .
These guys made the assumption that nobody would risk killing them, because they were too rich.
They were wrong.
Darwinism at its finest.
Pit Row
waitaminit... is there a liner inside the carbon tube, or did they screw those screens straight into the 5" thick hull tube?
I am surprised they did not use 3M adhesive tape, ultra strong hold, up to 50 lbs ..from Home Depot.
Guys... I just realized why this is so sad... these poor fellas might have not even catch a glimpse of the Titanic...
That is just so wrong.... All this time I was assuming that they at least saw it.
In hindsight a glass tube hull might be better suited for better all around view. Easier to spot cracks too. And glass is inert and therefore more eco-friendly. And it could be sourced from fair trade sand, slowly melted inside a solar furnace.
Nevermind, My ex-navy buddy just smacked some sense into these thoughts. Yup. You guessed that bastard's age and ethnicity.
This video gets you inside the Titan on a test dive just before the implosion. It gives you an idea of how many issues it had. This kid was lucky his one way ticket to death was called off:
reminds me of this ancient video
Ocean Caskets should have listened/Watched these guys two years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD7CfnQC5HQ
I'm going to smoke a turd in hell for this..... but watching that video ^^^^ All I could think of was Hans and Franz "going to paaamp u up"
Turns out not to be true. His mom gave up her seat for him because he really wanted to go.
Thanks for posting this. He did a good job of showing good information and still being respectful to the ones that died.
i was particularly interested because I’ve spent more than 2 months of my life in St. John’s, a few days at a time.
I’ve hiked trails along The Narrows, which is the inlet into the bay. The video doesn’t do it justice. At the top of the hill on the left looking out, is Signal Hill. There is a little castle looking monument there. It is where Marconi sent the first wireless signal across the pond to England. If I’m remembering correctly, the communication to and from the Titanic was done by Marconi employees.
Imagine living with that the rest of your life.
Yup
Gotta feel sorry for the families that are left trying to make sense of all of it. It’s a tragedy that’s NOT an accident and it didn’t have to happen.
Interesting debate happening on the costs of search and rescue teams and who pays for it .
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/oceangate-expeditions-search-and-rescue-costs-1.6888482
I read somewhere that the screws went into a liner which was bonded to the carbon fiber, as opposed to screwing directly into it. That said, nothing would surprise me at this point with regard to idiotic construction of that thing.
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